WOOD PEWEE. 



461. Myiochanes virens. CV? inches. 



In life, the Pewee can best be distinguished from the 

 larger Phoebe, with which it is often confounded, by its 

 sad, plaintive "pe-ah-wee," "pee-wee," which is strik- 

 ingly different from the brusque call of the Phoebe. 

 Pewees are also found more in high, dry woods where 

 they build their little moss-covered homes on horizon- 

 tarboughs at quite a height from the ground. Like the 

 other flycatchers they always perch on dead twigs, where 

 their view is as little obstructed as possible. 



Note. A clear, plaintive whistle, "pe-ah-whee," "pee- 

 wee." 



Nest. One of the most exquisite of bird creations, 

 composed of plant fibres quilted together and orna- 

 mented with rock lichens; situated at varying heights 

 on horizontal limbs, preferably oak or chestnut, and 

 sometimes in apple trees in orchards. Eggs creamy 

 white, specked with brown (.80 x .55). 



Range. U. S. from the Plains to the Atlantic and 

 north to Manitoba and New Brunswick; winters in 

 Central America. 

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