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SYLVICOLID®, WARBLERS.—GEN. 40. 109 
Tyrannide, they are at once distinguished from these clamatorial birds by the 
oscine character of the tarsi, and the presence of only nine primaries. 
40. Genus MYIODIOCTES Audubon. 
Hooded’ Flycatcher. Clear yellow-olive, below rich yellow shaded along 
the sides, whole head and neck pure black, enclosing a broad golden mask 
across forehead and through eyes; wings un- 
marked, glossed with olive; tail with large white 
blotches on the two outer pairs of feathers, as in 
Dendreca; bill black, feet flesh color. 9 with 
no black on the head; that of the crown replaced 
by olive, that of the throat by yellow; young 2 
with} the black much restricted or interrupted, if 
not wholly wanting as in the 9¢ (Muscicapa selbyi 
Bou. Orn. Bide. -1,-46, pl: 9). Length 5-5; 7% 9) Meeded Miveatoher. 
wing about 23, tail about 24. Eastern United States, apparently not very 
common. Muscicapa cucullata Wits., iii. 101, pl. 26, f. 8; Nurr., i, 373; 
PRED esis 025 ple CliseB Des 292.8 Ss i wee MITRATOSs 
Green Black-capped Flycatcher. Clear jellow=olives ; crown glossy blue- 
black ; forehead, sides of head and entire under parts bright yellow; wings 
and tail plain, glossed with olive ; upper mandible dark, 
under pale; feet brown; 9 and young similar, colors 
not so bright, the black cap.obscure. Small; 43-5; 
wing about 24; tail about 2. North America, at large ; 
common. WKdts., iii, 103, pl. 26, f. 4; Nurr., i, 408; 
MER Gohan. eaten Aup., 11, 21, pl. 755 Bp, 293:. .. 5. .) ‘PUSILLUS. 
Flycatcher. Canadian Flycatcher. Bluish-ash; crown speckled 
with lanceolate black marks, crowded and generally continuous on the fore- 
head ; the latter divided lengthwise by a slight yellow line; short super- 
ciliary line and edges of eyelids, yellow; lores black, continuous with black 
under the eye, and this passing as a chain of black 
streaks down the side of the neck and prettily encir- 
cling the throat like a necklace; excepting these 
streaks and the white under tail coverts, the entire 
under parts are clear yellow; wings and tail un- 
marked ; feet flesh color. In the @ and young the 
black is obscure or much restricted, and the back 
may be slightly glossed with olive: but they cannot 
be mistaken. In this plumage the bird is Mytodioctes #1651. Canadian Flycatcher, 
bonapartii Aup., ii, 17, pl. 73; Nurr., i, 2d ed. 330; Bo., 295. Length 
about 54; wing 24; tail 24. Eastern United States, an abundant and beau- 
tiful woodland species. Wruzs., ii, 100, pl. 26, f. 2; Nurr., i, 872; Aup., 
Meee Ass Die 2 BDs 294. 9 so ie. cl ge 2 se he te CANADENSIS. 
Ogzs. The Binodt healed Flycatcher, We cniaiaee MINUTA WILS., vi, 62, pl. 50, f. 
2; Nurr., i, 2d ed. B34; Aup., i, 238, pl. 67; Bp., 293, now unknown, is conjec- 
