Birds of Oregon and Washington 133 



Phoebe bird, is domestic, and joins the Wrens, 

 Bluebirds and Swallows in building nests in and 

 about the homes of men. 



THE WESTERN WOOD PEWEE. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION : 



Upper parts : olive-brown ; darker on head, 



wings and tail. 

 Under parts : olive-gray, interrupted with slight 



whitish central-line, from the throat down. 

 Length, 6.5 inches. 



Found in woods, also on trees and telegraph-wires 

 about towns and cities. 



The Pewee is the most common of the Fly- 

 catcher family in the Willamette Valley, and 

 perhaps elsewhere. It seems impossible to a 

 person familiar with the Pewee of the East that 

 the one on the Pacific coast can bear the same 

 name, since his usual cry or call is so entirely 

 different, and his habit of coming into cities and 

 sitting upon telegraph-wires so altogether unlike 

 the eastern variety. In the East, the Pewee is 

 found in the lonely woods, where its ever-sad 

 call may be heard, sounding literally like 

 " Pewee," slowly and mournfully reiterated. But 

 here the customary call is a rather strident 



