OF VIRGINIA 183 
ern Texas, and also northern Michigan, New York, and 
Massachusetts south in mountains to North Carolina; 
migrates through Mexico and Central America; winters 
in northern South America from Colombia to Peru. 
This is an extremely rare bird with us, breeding only 
in our higher mountains, and then in isolated pairs. Pro- 
fessor Smyth does not record it at all, nor did my father 
find it in any of the places he visited. It arrives about 
April 25th and migrates southward again in early Sep- 
tember. The nest is placed on a horizontal branch of a 
conifer and fastened securely to it; composed of fine root- 
lets, twigs and moss, lined with fine rootlets. _The eggs 
number three, rarely four, a rich cream ground, sparingly 
specked and blotched with reddish-brown, and fainter 
markings of lavender. Size, .83x.62. Fresh eggs June 
5th. These birds, nests and eggs, are not unlike our com- 
mon Wood Pewee, though larger. The nests are located 
at a great height and their food is probably similar to that 
of the other flycatchers. 
GENUS MYIOCHANES. 
[461]. Myiochanes virens (Linneus). Wood Pewee. 
[ Pewee-Bird]. 
Ranez.—North and South America. Breeds from 
Manitoba, Ontario, southern Quebec, and Prince Edward 
Island to southern Texas and central Florida, west to 
eastern Nebraska; winters from Nicaragua to Colombia 
and Peru; casual in Colorado; accidental in migration 
in Cuba. 
