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AMERICAN FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa ruticilla.) 



Mu. nigra subtus alba, pectore macula alarum bad remigum rec- 



tricumquejlavis. 

 Black Flycatcher, with the under parts white 5 spot on the 



breast, base of the wings, quills, and tail-feathers, yellow. 

 Muscicapa ruticilla. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1.236. 10. Gmel. Syst. 



Not. 1. g35.Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 473. 22. Vieil. Ois. de 



lAmer. Sept. 1. 6Q.Wils. Amcr. Orn. l. 1O3. 

 Muscicapa americana. Briss. Orn. 2. 383. 14. 

 Motacilla flavicauda. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 997. female. 

 Le Gobe-mouche d'Amerique. Buff. PL Enl. 566'. f. 1. 2. 

 Le petit Noir-aurore. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 546. 

 Le Moucherolle dorc. Vieil. Ois. de I'Amer. Sept. 1. Q6.pl. 35. 



male. 36. female. 

 Small American lledstart. Edwards. 80. Catesby. Carol. 1. 



pi. 67. male. 



Yellow-tailed Flycatcher. Edwards, pi. 25?. female. 

 Yellow-tailed Warbler. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 301. 

 Black-headed Warbler. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 282. male. 301. 



young. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 427. 18. 

 Small American Redstart, or Flycatcher. Wils. Amer. Orn. 1. 



103. pi* 6. male. 5. 115.pl. 45.y. 2. young. 



THIS species is four inches and three quarters in 

 length : its beak is blackish : the head, neck, and 

 upper parts of the body, are black ; as are likewise 

 the wings, which have a broad orange stripe across 

 their centre : the sides of the body and the tail are 

 likewise orange, the two middle feathers, and the 

 tips of the others of the latter excepted, which 

 are black : . the belly, sides, and vent, are pale 



