198 REPOET OF ^EW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



461 Myiochanes virens (Linnaeus). 

 Wood Pewee. 



PLATE 44. 



Adults. — Length, 6-6.50. Wing, 3.25. Above, plain olive-brown ; wings and 

 tail, dusky ; slight whitish edgings to wing-coverts and tertials ; under parts, 

 grayish-white, tinged with olive-gray on the breast, and a very faint wash of 

 yellow on the abdomen. 



Young in first summer. — Similar, but with conspicuous buff wing bars and 

 a buff tinge on the rump. 



Nest on the horizontal limb of a tree, covered externally with lichens lined 

 with fine grass, etc. ; eggs, three to four, creamy white, with a circle of dark 

 brown spots at the larger end, .80 x .55. 



Common summer resident. Arrives May 3d (May 9th), departs 

 September 20th. 



The Wood Pewee is a familiar summer resident of the orchard and 

 woodland, and throughout the day his plaintive drawling *'pee — wee" 

 may be heard, contrasting strangely with the sharp emphatic cry of 

 the Phoebe. He is wholly insectivorous, sailing out from his perch 

 on some dead limb to catch his prey on the wing. 



463 Empidonax flaviventris Baird. 

 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 



Adults. — Length, 5.75. Wing, 2.50-2.75. Above, plain greenish-olive ; wings, 

 dull black, with two conspicuous yellowish bars, and edgings of the same on 

 the tertials ; under parts, pale yellow ; breast shaded with olive. 



Tolerably common transient. Spring, May 17th to 20th; autumn, 

 September 4th to 25th. 



Best told from the related species by the much more yellow and 

 olive under surface. It is only a passing visitor in New Jersey and 

 usually silent while with us. 



