CLASS II. AYES: ORDER 2. PASSERES. 
123 
There are several species of Fiy-Catcli- 
ers familiarly known in the United 
States; the Phoebe-Bibd or Pewee 
Fly-Catcher, M. nunciola or M. fusca, 
visits us in summer from the south, its 
favorite haunts being by streams of 
water, under or near bridges, in caves, 
&c. Near such places he sits on a pro- 
jecting twig, calling out, pe-wee^ pe-ioit- 
titee, pe-wee, for a whole morning ; dart- 
ing after insects and returning to the 
same twig ; frequently flirting his tail, 
like the wagtail, though not so rapidly. 
He is six and a half inches long, of a 
dusky olive above, lower parts a delicate 
yellow. On the top of the head the 
feathers form a loose crest, which is 
common to many of the family. Other 
species are the Wood Pewee, M. ro,'pax 
or M. virens, greatly resembling the 
preceding : the Short-legged Pewee 
Fly-Catcher, 3f. x^^^oshe, a rare species, found in Labrador and the Fur Countries : the Green- 
crested Fly-Catcheb, M. querida^ or M. acadica^ a small species, keeping to the woods, and 
little known : the Yellow-bellied Fly-Catcher, M. JIa.viventris, found on Long Island : the 
Arkansas Fly-Catcher, 2£. veriicalis — the chlowu-ish-joil of the Chinnooks—resembling the king- 
bird in its habits, greenish-brown above and yellow beneath, with a bright red crest ; found on 
the west of the Rocky Mountains : Coopeb's Fly-Catcher, 3f. Cooperi, resembling the Pewees, 
and found in the Atlantic States from Texas to Maine : the Rocky Mountain Fly-Catcher, M. 
nigricans, seven inches long, dark sooty brown above and greenish- white below ; found in Califor- 
nia and Mexico : Traill's Fly-Catcher, M. Trailli, resembling the wood pewee, found on the 
Arkansas : the Least Pewee, M. pusilla, five inches long, found in Labrador and the fur coun- 
tries : the Small-headed Fly-Catcher, M. minuta, found in the Southwestern States ; and the 
American Redstart, M. ruticilla, a very lively and handsome species, six and a half inches 
long, variegated with red, biwvn and yellow ; found throughout the United States. 
THE KING OF THH FLT-CATCHEES. 
The Savannah Fly-Catcher, J/". /Samwa, is fourteen and a half inches long, including the tail, 
THE PHOEBE BIRD. 
