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colored, spotted with brown and lavender. Nest of weeds and 

 grasses, lined with fine roots, usually in an apple tree. Eggs 

 laid in May and June. Feeds on insects. Very beneficial, 

 Note, a shrill twitter. 



82. Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.). 



GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 



Olivaceous; breast, asby; belly, yellow; tail, chestnut. Length, 8-9 

 Inches. 



Uncommon summer resident. Arrives early in May ; departs 

 in September. Raises 1 brood. Eggs 3-5, buff with strange, 

 scraggling, purplish lines all over the surface. Nest of grass, 

 weeds -and snake-skins in a hollow tree. Eggs laid early in 

 June. Feeds on insects. Beneficial. Note a harsh and 

 characteristic scream. 



83, Sayornis phoebe (Lath.). 

 PHOEBE. BRIDGE PEWEE. HOUSE PEWEE. 



Dull olivaceous brown; beneath yellowish; sides and breast, ashy. 

 iiOngth, 7 Inches. 



Abundant summer resident. Earliest arrival, Feb. 20; 

 departs in October or November. Raises 2-3 broods. Eggs 

 3-6, white usually with a few brown spots. Nest of grass, 

 mud, moss, etc., lined with feathers or hair; situated under 

 the eaves of a building or under bridges or rocks. Eggs laid 

 in May, June and July. Feeds on insects. Beneficial. Note, 

 '■'■pe-wie," usually not drawled, but sometimes very much so. 



84. Contopus virens (Linn.). 



WOOD PEWEE. 



Above, dull olive; beneath, whitish; sides and band across breast, 

 dusky; two noticeable white bars on wing. Length, 6i inches. 



Common summer resident. Eatliest arrival. May 22 ; departs 

 in September. Raises 2 broods. Eggs 3-4, cream-colored, 



