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Range (Eastern North America breeds) (X)

Eastern North America; breeds from Florida to Newfoundland; winters in Central America.

Washington, common S. R., Apl. 28 to Oct. 15. Sing Sing, common S. R., May 10 to Oct. 2. Cambridge, common S. R., May 18 to Sept. 10. Nest, compact and symmetrical, of fine grasses, rootlets, moss, etc., thickly covered with lichens, saddled on a limb, twenty to forty feet up. Eggs, three to four, white, with a wreath of distinct and obscure umber markings about the larger end, 68 x 54.

FLYCATCHERS.

To thoroughly appreciate how well the Pewee's disposition is suited to his haunts and notes, we have only to imagine him taking the Phœbe's place and singing the Phœbe's song. He was not intended to adorn a bridge or barn, but in the darkened woods, high up in the trees, he finds a congenial home.

His pensive, gentle ways are voiced by his sad, sweet call: The notes are as musical and restful, as much a part of Nature's hymn, as the soft humming of a brook.

All day long the Pewee sings; even when the heat of summer silences more vigorous birds and the midday sun sends light-shafts to the ferns, the Pee-a - wee clear, sympathetic notes of the retiring songster come from the green canopy overhead, in perfect harmony with the peace and stillness of the hour. 463. Empidonax flaviventris Baird. YELLOW-BELLIED FLY-