. Birds of New York. Birds. BIRDS OF NEW YORK 191 with gray. Fall specimens have the under parts more heavily tinged with yellow; under mandible light colored toward the base. Length inches; extent lo-ii; wing ; tail , slightly emarginate; bill from nostril .4; tarsus .51. The Wood pewee may be distinguished from the other small flycatchers by its larger size, from the Phoebe by being smaller and less brown, more greenish on the upper parts. Its note, however, a plaintively whistled " pee-a-wee,'" will distinguish it at a distance better than anything else, both fr
. Birds of New York. Birds. BIRDS OF NEW YORK 191 with gray. Fall specimens have the under parts more heavily tinged with yellow; under mandible light colored toward the base. Length inches; extent lo-ii; wing ; tail , slightly emarginate; bill from nostril .4; tarsus .51. The Wood pewee may be distinguished from the other small flycatchers by its larger size, from the Phoebe by being smaller and less brown, more greenish 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 Manitoba and southern Quebec, south to Texas and central Florida, and winters from Nicarauga to Peru. In New York it is universally distributed as a summer resident and breeds commonly in every county of the State. It arrives from the south from the 3d to the 14th of May, in cold seasons. Photo by Clarence F. Stone Pewee's nest and eggs sometimes not appearing in the northern portions till the 20th or 22d of the month. It is last seen in the fall between the 5th and the 25th of September. A few October records, however, have come to my notice. In the southern part of the State it occasionally remains until October 2d and one record of October 19th comes from Long Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Eaton, Elon Howard, 1866-1934; Noyes, Nicholas H. fmo. Albany, University of the State of New York
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