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PHCEBE. 



PHCEBE. 



Phoebe : Sayornis phcebe. 



Length 7 inches. 



Upper parts olive-brown; crown, wings and tail darker. 



Under parts white, slightly washed with yellowish; a touch 

 of white on outer tail-feathers. 



Resident from March 5 to October; winters from North 

 Carolina to Cuba and Mexico. 



One of the earliest bird-notes country people bear 

 in spring is this Flycatcher's pleasant call of phce'-be. 

 He is often called Pewee, but incorrectly, as the latter 

 name belongs strictly to his relative the Wood Pewee. 

 The two birds are much alike, but the Pewee has white 

 wing-bars. Mr. Ridgway says an easy and infallible 

 means of distinguishing between them is the Phoebe's 



