_Myiochanes virens. Case 8, Fig. 63_
Resembles the Phoebe but is smaller with
relatively longer wings and more evident
wing-bars. L. 6-1/2.
_Range._ Eastern North America; nesting from
Florida to Canada; winters in the tropics.
Washington, common S.R., Apl. 20-Oct. 12.
Ossining, common S.R., May 10-Oct. 2. Cambridge,
common T.V., not uncommon S.R., May 18-Sept. 15.
N. Ohio, abundant S.R., May 2-Sept. 27. Glen
Ellyn, fairly common S.R., May 9-Sept. 29. SE.
Minn., common S.R., May 10-Sept. 23.
In color Phoebe and Pewee are much alike and both are Flycatchers, but
the resemblance ends there. Pewee loves the solitude of the forest
rather than the sociability of the barnyard, and his pensive _pee-a-wee_
does not even suggest the business-like _pewit-phoebe_ of his
better-known cousin. Nor does his dainty lichen-covered nest saddled so
skillfully on the limb of a forest tree, recall the Phoebe's bulky
moss and mud dwelling. Finally, the Pewee's eggs, laid in May, are
wreathed with brown.