. Birds & nature. Birds; Natural history. THE PHOEBE. Oft the Phoebe's cheery notes Wake the laboring swain ; "Come, come!" say the merry throats, "Morn is here ; Phoebe, Phoebe ! let them sing for aye, Calling him to labor at the break of day. —C. C. EARLY everywhere in the United States we find this cheerfnl bird, known as Pewee, Barn Pewee, Bridge Pewee, or Phoebe, or Pewit Flycatcher. "It is one of that chann- ing coterie of the feathered tribe who cheer the abode of man with their ; There are few farmyards without a pair of Pewees, who
. Birds & nature. Birds; Natural history. THE PHOEBE. Oft the Phoebe's cheery notes Wake the laboring swain ; "Come, come!" say the merry throats, "Morn is here ; Phoebe, Phoebe ! let them sing for aye, Calling him to labor at the break of day. —C. C. EARLY everywhere in the United States we find this cheerfnl bird, known as Pewee, Barn Pewee, Bridge Pewee, or Phoebe, or Pewit Flycatcher. "It is one of that chann- ing coterie of the feathered tribe who cheer the abode of man with their ; There are few farmyards without a pair of Pewees, who do the farmer much service by lessening the number of flies about the barn, and by cdling him to his work in the morn- ing b\' their cheery notes. Dr. Brewer sa>s that this species is attracted both to the vicinity of water and to the neighborhood of dwellings, , probably for the same reason—the j abundance of in either situation. They are a familiar, confiding, aud , gentle bird, attached to localities, and returning to them year after year. Their nests are found in sheltered j situations, as under a bridge, a pro- ! jecting rock, in the porches of houses, ' etc. They have been known to build j on a small shelf in the porch of a , dwelling, against the wall of a railroad j station, within reach of the passengers, j and under a projecting window-sill, in i full view of the familv, eutirelv i unmoved by the presence of the latter at meal time. Like all the flycatcher family the Phoebe takes its food mostly flying. INIrs. Wright says that the Pewee in his primitive state haunts dim v.'oods and running water, and that when domesticated he is a great bather, and may be seen in the half-light dashing in and out of the water as he makes trips to and from the nest. After tht young are hatched both old and young disport themselves about the water until moulting time. She advises: "Do not let the Phoebes build under the hoods of your windows, for their spongy nests
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