BIRDS OF PEASEMARSH 



years they would pull the nest down and re- 

 build it, other years they would simply re-line 

 it or add a little fresh moss to the outside. 



Other pairs of Phoebes nest about the sheds, 

 and down under the little railway bridge over 

 the stream flowing from the bush a Phoebe's 

 nest has been built ever since we can remember, 

 the roar of the passing trains disturbing them 

 not at all. The favorite look-out point of those 

 that nest under the verandah is the telephone 

 wire outside the window, from which they dart 

 after every winged insect they see. Their pe- 

 culiar manner of jerking the tail has given 

 them the name "Wag Tail" among the chil- 

 dren. 



The Wood Peewee nests down on the 

 orchard bank among the trees, and usually 

 watches for its breakfast from the end of some 

 dead limb. It is very like its cousin, Phoebe, 

 but easily distinguished from it by its smaller 

 size and the white bars on its wings, and also 

 because it does not "wag" its tail. Its call, 

 "Pee-a-wee, pee-a-wee," is slower and more 

 musical than that of the Phoebe. 



Least's Flycatcher, or Chebec, as it is some- 

 times called, is smaller than the Wood Peewee 



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