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a'. Wing six times as long as tarsus or more; tarsus about 

 equalling bill, 

 b'. Wing under 3.50 ; breast and sides washed olive gray. 



Wood Pewee. 

 b'. Wing over 3.50 ; sides and breast like back. Olive- 

 sided Flycatcher, 

 a'. Wing not over five times as long as tarsus ; tarsus decidedly 

 longer than bill. Phoebe. 

 B. Wing under 3.00. 



1. Lower parts not partly white, decidedly sulphur yellow. Yellow- 



bellied Flycatcher. 



2. Lower parts partly or wholly white, only slightly tinged with 



yellow. 

 §. Wing over 2.60. Alder Flycatcher. 



§§. Wing under 2.60; call note "che-bec, che-bec!" Least Fly- 

 catcher. 



Genus TYR ANNUS Cuvier. 



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444. V, Tyrannus tyrannus (Linn.)' Kingbird; Bee Bird; 

 Bee Martin. 



Plumage of adults : above grayish slate ; head with concealed orange red 

 patch ; tail black, white tipped ; below white, slightly grayish on breast. 

 Immature plumage : crown patch lacking ; more or less huffy tinge to lower 

 parts ; otherwise much like adults. Wing 4.62 ; bill from nostril 0.50 ; tail 3.50 



Geog. Dist. — North America east of the Rocky Mountains and locally west, 

 ward in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, eastern California, Oregon, Washington and 

 British Columbia ; breeding north to New Brunswick and Manitoba ; winter- 

 ing in South America, Cuba and the Bahamas. 



County Records. — Androscoggin ; common summer resident, (Johnson) . 

 Aroostook; common summer resident about settlements at least, (Knight). 

 Cumberland ; common summer resident, (Mead). Franklin ; common summer 

 resident, (Swain). Hancock; common summer resident, also on the islands, 

 (Knight). Kennebec; abundant summer resident, (Gardiner Branch). 

 Knox; summer resident, (Rackliff). Oxford; common summer resident, 

 (Johnson). Penobscot; common summer resident, (Knight). Piscataquis; 

 common, (Homer). Sagadahoc; common summer resident, (Spinney). 

 Somerset; common summer resident, (Morrell). Waldo; common summer 

 resident, (Knight). Washington; very abundant, (Boardman). York; quite 

 common summer resident, (Adams). 



The advance guard arrives sometimes as early as May 9, 



more often a few days later and by May 20 the species is 



common, remaining until into September, very exceptionally 



