306 POULTRY AND WILD BIRDS 
Flycatcher Family. — These are distinguished from other birds by 
their peculiar feeding habits. They take a position on a perch that 
affords a good lookout and watch 
for passing insects. When one is 
spied they make a dash for it with 
wide-open mouth, seize it, and re- 
turn to a perch, often their former 
station. Their plumage is generally 
olive green or grayish. The family 
is without musical talent. 
444 Kingbird. Length 83 inches. 
Upper parts grayish slate color, 
darker on the head and tail. Under 
parts and tip of tail white. Hasa 
habit of perching in an exposed posi- 
tion watching for insects. Ifa victim 
ARKANSAS KINGBIRD is seen the kingbird suddenly darts 
after it, seizes it, and returns to the 
same perch. Spreads its tail like a fan when it alights. Nests in 
bushes and trees. Its calls and cries are loud, unmusical, and make us 
think that it is quarreling with its mate. 
If you molest their nest you may wish you 
hadn’t. Very common S.R. 
447 Arkansas Kingbird. Length 9 
inches. 
A yellow bellied Kingbird having the 
same habits and notes as the common 
Kingbird. Upper parts and breast light 
gray; lemon yellow below; tail black; 
outer side of the outer tail feathers white. 
Not found very far east of the Dakotas, 
but in its region a very common S.R. 
450 Phebe. Length 7 inches. PH@BE 
Name is derived from its notes, pewit phebe, pewit phabe. May also 
be identified by its nest, which is bulky, largely of mud and moss, lined 
with grass and hair, placed on a beam of a building or under a bridge. 
