112 . NEW- YORK FAUNA BIRDS. 



THE SMALL GREEN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 



MlJSCICAPA ACADICA. 



PLATE XXX. FIG. 66. 



(STATE COLLECTION.) 



Muscicapa acadica, Gmelin. Lesser-crested Flycatcher, Pennant, Arct. Zool. Vol. 2, p. 386. 



M. qxurula. Wilson, Am. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 77, pi. 13, fig, 3. 



M. acadica. Acdubon, fol. pi. 144 ; Orn. Biog. Vol. 2, p. 256, and Vol. 5, p. 427. Nuttall, Manual Orn. Vol. 1, 



p. 288. 

 Platyrhyncos virescens. ViEILLOT, Nouv. Diet. 



Small Green Flycatcher. AunoBON, B. of A. Vol. 1, p. 221, pi. 62 (male and female). Giraud, Birds of Long 

 Island, p. 40. 



Characteristics. Olive green ; beneath greenish yellow. Throat greyish ; lower mandible 

 flesh-colored. Tail even, or slightly emarginate. Length*, 51 inches. 



Description. First primary shorter than the fourth. Color. Above dusky olive green, 

 often verging to brown. Beneath yellowish white ; darker across the breast, and ash-grey on 

 the throat. Wings and tail dusky brown ; the former with two rust-colored or dusky white 

 bands : secondaries broadly edged with the same. A narrow white ring around the eye, and 

 occasionally a small lightish spot beneath the eye. Tail dusky brown ; the outer feathers 

 occasionally light-colored. Legs and feet black. 



Length, 5*5. Alar extent, 9'0. 



The Small Green-crested Flycatcher, or Small Pewee as he is sometimes called, in com- 

 mon with some others, from the sound of its usual note, winters in Mexico, where it was 

 observed by Swainson, and appears in our State early in May, where it breeds. It ascends as 

 high as the 50th degree of north latitude. It lays from 4-6 pure white eggs. In the spring 

 and summer it feeds on insects, and during the autumn on berries and grapes. Its habits are 

 shy and solitary, generally preferring the recesses of the forest. It usually leaves us on its 

 southern migration in the month of September. 



