4 o FLYCATCHERS 



The nest is placed in coniferous trees about 25 feet up, 

 and 3-5 white, brown-spotted eggs are laid in June. 



X WOOD PEWEE 



Myiochanes virens. Case 8, Fig. 63 



Resembles the Phoebe but is smaller with relatively longer wings 

 and more evident wing-bars. L. f>\. 



Range. Eastern North America; nesting from Florida to 

 Canada; winters in the tropics. 



Washington, common S. R„ Apl. 29-Oct. 12. Ossining, 

 common S. R., May 10-Oct. 2. .Cambridge, common T. V., not 

 uncommon S. R., May 18-Sept. 15. N. Ohio, abundant S. R., 

 May 2-Sept. 27. Glen Ellyn, fairly common S. R., May o- 

 Sept. 29. SE. Minn., common S. R., May 10-Sept. 23. 



In color Phcebe and Pewee are much alike and both are 

 Flycatchers, but the resemblance ends there. Pewee 

 loves the solitude of the forest rather than the sociability 

 of the barnyard, and his pensive pee-a-wee does not even 

 suggest the business-like pewft-phoebe of his better-known 

 cousin. Nor does his dainty lichen-covered nest saddled 

 so skillfully on the limb of a forest tree, recall the Phoebe's 

 bulky moss and mud dwelling. Finally, the Pewee's 

 eggs, laid in May, are wreathed with brown. 



YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER 

 Empidonax flaviventris. Case 8, Fig. 61 



The entire underparts, including the throat, are unquestionably 

 sulphur-yellow. L. 5 J. 



Range. Eastern North America; nests from northern New 

 York and northern New England northward into Canada; winters 

 in the tropics. 



Washington, rather common T. V., May; July 28-Oct. 6. 

 Ossining, common T. V., May 17-June 4; Aug. 8-Sept. 20. 

 Cambridge, T. V., sometimes rather common, May 25-June 3; 

 Aug. 28-Sept. 8. N. Ohio, rare T. V., May 10. Glen Ellyn, 

 rather rare T. V., May 20-June 5; Sept. 3. SE. Minn., common 

 T. V., May 19. 



