386 SUPERCILIOUS FLYCATCHER. 



broods in the year, and generally two : it appears 

 about March at Hudson's Bay, and disappears in 

 August : it is there and at New York called Phceby 

 Bird : it is fond of perching upon dead branches, 

 and will utter the note pe-wee, pe-wittitee pe-wee, 

 for a considerable length of time, occasionally 

 stopping when it darts upon an insect, which it 

 generally secures. 



SUPERCILIOUS FLYCATCHER. 

 ( Muscicapa superciliosa.) 



Mu. cinerea subius incarnaia, superciliis rectricibusque duabus 

 intermediis nigris, laleralibus albis. 



Cinereous Flycatcher, beneath flesh-coloured, with the eye- 

 brows and two middle tail-feathers black; the outer ones 

 white. 



Muscicapa superciliosa. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. g44.~-Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. 2. 477. 40. 



Supercilious Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 341. 34. 



THE locality of this species is unknown : its 

 length is four inches and a half: its beak is black: 

 supercilia and spot before the eyes black : upper 

 parts of the body greyish: under parts pale red- 

 dish white : tail wedged : the two middle feathers 

 wholly black, the next on each side black with 

 white tips, and the rest all white : legs brown. 



