CINEREOUS FLYCATCHER. 3G3 



orange : the female has all the upper parts of the 

 body brownish ash ; the under parts white : the 

 tail, wings, and sides of the body, pale yellow. 

 It is found in most parts of North America, from 

 Hudson's Bay to the West Indies ; appearing in 

 the former place in the summer, and the latter in 

 the winter. It is a vivacious bird, and frequently 

 utters the notes sic sic sdic, occasionally interrupt- 

 ing it by one like weesy yceesy weesy, while perched 

 upon a leafless stem watching for its prey. 



CINEREOUS FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa virens.) 



Mu.fusco-virens subtus lutea, super ciliis albis. 



Brown-green Flycatcher, beneath yellowish ; the eye-brows 



white. 

 Muscicapa virens. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 327. 11. Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1 . 936. -Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 482. 57. 

 Muscicapa carol inensis cinerea. Briss. Orn. 2. 368. 7. 

 Le Gobe-mouche brun de la Caroline. Buff. Hist. Nat. 0t>. 



4.543. 

 Cinereous Flycatcher. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 270. Lath. Gen. 



Syn. 3. 350. 47. 



THIS species migrates in Carolina, arriving there 

 in the spring, and departing in the autumn : it is 

 nearly six inches in length: the upper mandible 

 of its beak is black, the lower yellow : the head 

 and upper parts of its body are dark ash-colour : 

 the wings and tail are browji, the former edged with 

 white : under parts of the body white : legs black. 



