

RED-EYED FLYCATCHER. 399 



Had the learned Professer, however, examined into this mat- 

 ter with his usual accuracy, he would have found, that the Mus- 

 cicapa olivacea, and the soft and tender songster he mentions, 

 are two very distinct species; and that both the one and the other 

 actually build very curious pendulous nests. 



This species is five inches and a half long, and seven inches 

 in extent; crown ash, slightly tinged with olive, bordered on 

 each side with a line of black, below which is a line of white 

 passing from the nostril over and a little beyond the eye; the 

 bill is longer than usual with birds of its tribe, the upper 

 mandible overhanging the lower considerably and notched, 

 dusky above, and light blue below; all the rest of the plumage 

 above is of a yellow olive, relieved on the tail and at the tips of 

 the wings with brown; chin, throat, breast and belly pure white; 

 inside of the wings and vent feathers greenish yellow; the tail is 

 very slightly forked; lego and feet light blue; iris of the eye red. 

 The female is marked nearly in the same manner, and is dis- 

 tinguishable only by the greater obscurity of the colours. 



