Perching Birds Chiefly Dull Colored 



456. Phabe [Sixj'i^-nh phcebi). L. 7. Ads. 

 Above grayish olive, crown blackish; outer web of 

 outer tail-feather m6i';i5ij; below white tinged with yel- 

 low, sides of breast grayish; bill hlaek. Yng. Green- 

 er above, yellower below. l^otes. Pswtt-pbcebe, pewit- 

 pb(^be: call, pe^y pes, rarely a flight song. 



Range.— Eastern Nonh America, west to tTie Rockies; breeds tram 

 Soulh Carolina and western Texas north to Newfounilland and Man- 

 itoba; winters from North Carolina and northern Texas south to Cuba 

 and Mexico. 



459. Olive-sided Flycatcher (Nuttalorms bonalis), 

 L, 7.4, Ads. Throat and middle of bcliy white with a 

 yellow tinge; sides and most of breast grayish; above 

 brownish gray with an olive-tinge, crown darker, the 

 feathers lengthened. ■ ,Notes. Hip-hip or quilp-quUp, 

 less often a loud, emphatic whip-pewhip. (Head.) 



Range.— North Atiierka; breeds from MEissachuselti (rarely), 

 northern New York, and Minnesota, northward to Alaska, south 

 through the Rockies and Coast Range to Mexico; winters in Central 

 and South America. 



460. Coues Flycatcher [C.ontnpux pertinax pallidf 

 vmtris). L. 7.7. Ads. Below nearly uniform gray, 

 belly paler; above gray, crown slightly darker, the 

 feathers lengthened. Notea. A plaintive musical tour 

 or five noted whistle with regular intervals and a 

 singularly human-like quality. 



Range.— Western Mexico, nnrth to central Arizona: winters south 

 of United States. 



461. Wood Pewee f Cpk/o^ws w^ws). L, 6,5; W. 

 3.3. j4ds. Above dark olive, crown blacker; below 

 dusky grayish, throat whitish, belly yellowish; lower 

 mandible yellowish. Yng. Greener above, yellower 

 below. Notes Pee-a-wee, peer and pse; all plaintive 

 and musical. 



Ran fe.— Eastern Norlh Atnerlca. west to about Lone. 100° ; breeds 

 from Florida and Texas north to New Brunswick and Manitoba; win- 

 ters in Central America. 



462. Western Wood Pewee (Contopus riebardsonii). 

 Similar to No. 461, but above with usually no green- 

 ish tinge; below less yellow; under mandible brownish. 

 Notes. A nasal, rather empliatic^/Z-ii, 



Ranee,— Western United Slates, east to about Long, 100°; breed* 

 from western Texas and Lower California north to Manitoba, Alberta, 

 and Britlsli Columbia; winters in Mexico and Central America. 



462a. Large-billed Wood Pewee (C r . peninsula). 

 Similar to No. 462, but smaller, W. 3.3; the bill larger, 

 length from nostril ,42, width at nostril, .31; upper- 

 parts grayer, (Brewster ) 



Range,— Cape Region of Lower California. 

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