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WOOD FLYCATCHEfi. 

 (Muscicapa rapax.) 



Mu. grisea, subtus alba, tectricibus caudee superioribus apice 

 albis. 



Grey Flycatcher, beneath white, with the tips of the upper tail- 

 coverts white. 



Muscicapa rapax. Wils. Amer. Orn. 1. 81. 



Muscicapa querula. VieiL Ois. de V Amer. Sept. 1. 68. 



Xe Moucherolle plaintif. VieiL Ois. de I'Amer. Sept. 1. 68. pL 

 39. 



Wood Flycatcher. Wils. Amer. Orn. 1. 81. pi. 13. f. 5. 



THIS species of Flycatcher, which has a note 

 expressed by the words peto-way, peeto-way, pee- 

 way, has the top of the head dull grey : the 

 cheeks, temples, nape, and upper parts of the 

 neck and body, wings and tail, of an uniform 

 grey colour, getting stronger towards the rump : 

 the upper wing-coverts are tipped with white : 

 the throat and all the under parts of the body are 

 also white : the upper mandible of the beak is 

 brown, the lower yellowish : the feet are dusky : 

 the length is five inches and a half: it is called 

 the Small Pewit in North America, where it arrives 

 very late in the spring : it affects sequestered 

 woods, where there is but little underwood and 

 plenty of dead leafless twigs, upon which latter 

 its riest is fixed : it is composed of moss, and is 

 put together without any mud : it lays five clear 

 white eggs : it is more numerous than the Black- 

 cap Flycatcher. 



