260 KEY TO FLYCATCHERS 



FIG. 160. 

 Phoebe. 



Key to Flycatchers. 



1. Crested. 



Throat and breast gray ; belly light yellow ; tail reddish 

 brown. Call loud and shrill. 



p. 255. GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 

 V. Not crested. 

 2. Back greenish. 



Throat white ; wing bars conspicuous. Southern. 

 Call, peet, or pee-a-yuk'. 



p. 254. ACADIAN FLYCATCHER. 

 2'. Back blackish or brownish. 



3. Tail with white bar across end ; crown with concealed 

 orange patch. Chases Hawks and Crows. 



p. 83. KINGBIRD. 



3'. Tail without white bar ; crown without color patch. 

 4. Without noticeable wing bars. 



5. Whole bill black ; under parts pale grayish and 

 whitish ; no white tufts on sides of rump ; com- 

 mon about houses, barns, and bridges. Call, 

 phoe-be' p. 87. PHOEBE. 



5'. Lower half of bill pale ; under parts nearly same 

 color as back, with whitish line down middle of 



