. Birds of New York . parts whitish tinged with dull yellow; the breast and sides washed BIRDS OF NEW YORK 191 with gray. Fall specimens have the under parts more heavily tinged withyellow; under mandible light colored toward the base. Length inches; extent lo-ii; wing 3-345; tail , slightlyemarginate; bill from nostril .4; tarsus .51. The Wood pewee may be distinguished from the other small flycatchersby its larger size, from the Phoebe by being smaller and less brown, moregreenish on the upper parts. Its note, however, a plaintively whistled pee-a-wee, will distinguish it at a d
. Birds of New York . parts whitish tinged with dull yellow; the breast and sides washed BIRDS OF NEW YORK 191 with gray. Fall specimens have the under parts more heavily tinged withyellow; under mandible light colored toward the base. Length inches; extent lo-ii; wing 3-345; tail , slightlyemarginate; bill from nostril .4; tarsus .51. The Wood pewee may be distinguished from the other small flycatchersby its larger size, from the Phoebe by being smaller and less brown, moregreenish on the upper parts. Its note, however, a plaintively whistled pee-a-wee, will distinguish it at a distance better than anything else,both from the Phoebe and its smaller relatives. Distribution. This species inhabits North America from Manitobaand southern Quebec, south to Texas and central Florida, and wintersfrom Nicarauga to Peru. In New York it is universally distributed asa summer resident and breeds commonly in every county of the arrives from the south from the 3d to the 14th of May, in cold seasons. Pewees nest and eggs Photo by Clarence F. Stone sometimes not appearing in the northern portions till the 20th or 22d ofthe month. It is last seen in the fall between the 5th and the 25th ofSeptember. A few October records, however, have come to my the southern part of the State it occasionally remains until October 2dand one record of October 19th comes from Long Island. 192 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Habits. The Wood pewee inhabits orchards, shade trees, grovesand forests in all parts of the State. I have found it breeding in theshade trees of lawns and in apple trees in the city back yard, as well asin the midst of the Adirondack wilderness at a distance of only 4 milesfrom the top of Mt Marcy. It selects a humble perch, usually one ofthe lower limbs of a forest tree or an apple tree. Here it sits, occasionallywhistling its common note and giving chase now and then to the flyinginsects which pass its station, returning again to the same perch after theusu
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