CRESTED FLYCATCHER 



grayish white; below shading from white to pale 

 yellow, the sides of the chest and breast light 

 grayish olive. Smaller and longer billed and 

 yellower below than the two migratory species- 



Although I never saw one singing, I think it 

 must have been this pewee that I heard so 



FIG. 79. Myiochanes b. brachytarsus 

 (Nat. Size) 



constantly at Quarry Heights. The notes were 

 peeee weeee, pee wee wee wee wee, the second note 

 higher than the first, and the last five descending. 

 The first two were delivered as if from a breast 

 surcharged with emotion and the last five rather 

 mournful and dreamy. It is a rather common 

 and widely distributed bird in the Canal Zone, 

 and is often to be seen or heard in the trees about 

 habitations. 



45. Myiarchus crinitus (Linnaeus) 

 Crested Flycatcher 



Sexes alike. Length, 196 mm. (7.70 in.); tail, 

 88 mm. (3.50 in.) . Above plain olive, the feathers 

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