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PHCEBE 



Phoebe : Sayornis phcebc. 



Length 7 inches. 



Upper parts olive-brown; crown, wings and tail darker. 



Under parts white, slightly washed with yellowish; a touch 

 of white on outer tail-feathers. 



Resident from March 5 to October; winters from North 

 Carolina to Cuba and Mexico. 



One of the earliest bird-notes country people hear 

 in spring is this Flycatcher's pleasant call of pha'bc. 

 He is often called Pewce, but incorrectly, as the latter 

 name belongs strictly to his relative the Wood Pewee. 

 The two birds are much alike, but the Pewee has 

 white wing-bars. Mr. Ridgway says an easy and 

 infallible means of distinguishing between them is the 



