GENUS MYIOCHANES 



often known by that name. Recorded from 

 Lion Hill. It closely resembles E. flaviventris 

 in size, but has the under parts much more nearly 

 white and a smaller bill than either of them. 



Genus Myiochanes 

 The Wood Pewees 



These are small to medium sized fly- 

 catchers of olive coloration above, with more 

 or less distinct wing bars and pale white or 

 yellowish shades below, the sides heavily 

 washed with olive or grayish, confining the 

 lighter color chiefly to the middle area of 

 the lower parts. 



Though much resembling such genera as 

 Rhynchocydus and Empidonax in plumage, 

 they are of slenderer, more elongate build 

 than those genera, and have rather long wings, 

 which, when folded, give the body a rather 

 high-shouldered appearance. They sit very 

 upright and still except when they sally 

 after insects, preferring tall trees regardless 

 of whether these are in the forest or in in- 

 habited places, choosing perches high up, 

 but not in the extreme top, so that they are 

 shaded by the upper branches. They do 

 not have the habit common in Empidonax 

 of frequently twitching the tail up and down. 



42. Myiochanes virens (Linnaeus) 

 Wood Pewee 



Male. Length, 143 mm. (5.65 in.); tail, 

 65 mm. (2.60 in.). Above dusky olive; an eye 

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