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APPENDIX. 



and the 2d shorter than the 4th ; the bill short and broad, with 

 the under mandible pale. A small species. 



Nothing characteristic is known concerning the habits 

 of this bird, which according to Richardson, was seen near 

 Carleton House, in the fur countries, the 19th of May, flit- 

 ting about for a few days among low bushes on the banks 

 of the Saskatchewan, after which it retired to the shady 

 woods farther to the north. Without attending to the 

 marks here given in the specific character it would be im- 

 possible to distinguish this bird from the Muscicapa acadica, 

 (M. querula, of Wilson). In M. querula, however, the wings 

 are invariably longer, being 3 inches, but in pusilla only 

 2y^^ of an inch long, and the primaries but ^q- longer than 

 the secondaries, while in acadica they are an inch longer. 

 According to Swainson, this new species is also a native of 

 the shores of Mexico. 



Note. We are acquainted with a third small species allied to the 

 present and acadica, but distinguishable by the superior brightness of 

 its plumage ; being olive-green above and on the flanks. Rump, and 

 beneath the wings almost sulphur-yellow, with a brightish bar also 

 on the wings. This species does not appear to migrate much to the 

 north of New York State. 



SHORT-LEGGED PEWIT. 



(Muscicapa Richardsonii, Nobis. Tijrannula Richardsonii, Swain- 

 son, North. Zool. ii. p. 146. pi 46. [lower figure].) 



Sp. Charact. — Olive-brown ; beneath pale ; head with a thick 

 incumbent crest; bill black; the 2d and 5th quills equal, the 

 3d and 4th equal and longest ; tail slightly forked ; tarsus very 

 short. 



This species, so nearly allied to the Pewit (M. fusca^ 

 Bonap.^ was found in the neighborhood of Cumberland 

 House in the fur countries, frequenting moist shady woods 



