Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Florence A (MERRIAM Sayornis ph be Lath)

MERRIAM. 456. Sayornis phœbe (Lath.). PHEBE. (See Fig. 42.) Ad.-Upper parts grayish brown with an olive-green cast; crown distinctly darker, fuscous; wings and tail fuscous, wing-bars not conspicuous; outer vane of outer tail-feather white or yellowish white, except at the tip; under parts white, more or less washed with yellowish, and tinged with brownish gray FLYCATCHERS. on the breast and sides; bill black. Im. - Similar, but upper parts more olive, under parts more yellow, and wing-bars more distinct. L., 6.99; W., 3.38; T., 2.95; B. from N., 41.

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