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MUSCICAPA FUSCA— GMEL, 



PEWEE FLYCATCHER. 



Pewit Flycatcher, Muscicapa nunciola, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Muscicapa fusca, Bonap. Syn. 



Pewit Flycatcher, or Phoebe, Nutt. Man. 



Pewee Flycatcher, Muscicapa fusca, Aud.Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Both mandibles black their entire length; 

 third quill longest, fourth scarcely shorter than the second ; wings 

 rounded; tail slightly emarginate. Adult with the head dusky r 

 upper parts tinged with dull olive ; wings and tail plain brown , 

 secondaries margined externally with dull white, their coverts tipped 

 with the same — the outer margins of the lateral tail feathers of the 

 same color ; lower parts dull white, tinged with yellow ; sides of 

 the body and a portion of the breast tinged with dusky. Length 

 six inches and three quarters, wing three and three-eighths. 



Early in the month of March, the pleasing note of this familiar 

 bird announces the approach of spring. Being one of our earliest 

 visitants, its appearance is hailed with joy, as it is the harbin- 

 ger of the rich gifts which Nature is about to bestow. 

 A favorite place of the Pewee bird to construct its nest, is 

 under the eaves of a deserted house or barn. It rears two broods 

 in a season. The eggs, which are five in number, are white, slight- 

 ly spotted with red. Late in the fall it retires southward. 



