. Birds of the world for young people . are considerablylonger than the tail, as in one other species, the Olive-sided Flycatcher, and the legs are short. The WoodPewee nests on the limbs of trees, from twenty tothirty feet above the ground, and the nest, like that ofthe Humming-bird, is hardly to be distinguished fromthe bough on which it rests. The Great Crested Flycatcher is the largest of thisfamily, being slightly more than nine inches in upper parts of the body are greyish-brown, withtints of olive green; the throat and breast are pearl-grey, the rest of the under parts bright
. Birds of the world for young people . are considerablylonger than the tail, as in one other species, the Olive-sided Flycatcher, and the legs are short. The WoodPewee nests on the limbs of trees, from twenty tothirty feet above the ground, and the nest, like that ofthe Humming-bird, is hardly to be distinguished fromthe bough on which it rests. The Great Crested Flycatcher is the largest of thisfamily, being slightly more than nine inches in upper parts of the body are greyish-brown, withtints of olive green; the throat and breast are pearl-grey, the rest of the under parts bright yellow. Apeculiar habit of this bird is the lining of its nest witha cast snake-skin, for what reason is not known. TheCrested Flycatcher is a shy bird, keeping well out ofsight, and its habits are not so well known as those ofsome other members of its family. SUB-ORDEE—OSCINES We pass now to the second of our two great groupsof Passerine birds. This group, which is divisible intotwo sections, is made up of what are known as the 109. European House Martin(Ohelidonaria urbica). 111. Ntghtjarprimulfjtts europwua).
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