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centred with dark brown, the whole forming a sort of spreading cap 

 or crest. Wing-coverts crossed with two irregular bars of yellowish 

 white. Primaries bright ferruginous. Tail slightly forked. Bill, 

 legs, and feet greyish black. Iris hazel. The female is scarcely diS' 

 tinguishable from the male. 



ARKANSA FLYCATCHER. 



(Muscicapa verdcalis, Bonap. Am. Orn. i. p. 18. pi. 2. fig. 2. Ty- 

 r annus verticalis, Say. Philad. Museum, No. 6G24.) 



Sp. Charact. — Head and throat ash ; a small orange spot on the 

 crown ; belly yellow ; tail blackish, the exterior feather v/hite on 

 the outer web. 



We are indebted to Mr. Say, the well known natural- 

 ist, for the discovery of this recently known species of 

 Flycatcher, which appears to inhabit all the region west 

 of the Missouri river. The specimen obtained, in the 

 beginning of July, near the banks of the river Platte, 

 and only a few days' march from the Rocky mountains, 

 was a male. 



The length of this species is 8 inches. The head above, and hind- 

 head are pale lead-color. Beneath the surface of the crown there is 

 a small bright orange spot, also a dusky space between the bill and 

 eyes. The lead-color of the back is tinged with olive, the rump and 

 upper tail coverts approaching to blackish. Throat and upper part 

 of the breast very pale plumbeous, beyond which all the under parts 

 are yellow. The wings umber brown ; the 1st primary very narrow. 

 Tail deep brown-black, very slightly forked ; the exterior feather is 

 white on the outer web. It is allied to the Muscicapa ferox of South 

 America. 



