188 PASSERES. MUSCICAPAD.E. 



size were the same ; their manners were the same ; 

 their singular call was the same ; they were almost 

 always found either actually in company, or else 

 the one calling, and the other answering, at a 

 short distance from each other. It remained, how- 

 ever, to prove the fact ; and I accordingly dissected 

 every specimen that fell in my way, for many 

 months ; the result of which was that every " Judy," 

 was a male ; and that almost every " Mountain 

 Dick " was a female ; to this latter there were 

 but two exceptions ; two in the umber plumage 

 were indubitably males, but in one of them, shot 

 in February, the dark brown hue of the head was 

 almost obliterated, and replaced by black, the 

 tips and edges only of the feathers being brown. 

 Probably, the male of the first year bears the colours 

 of the female, a supposition afterwards confirmed. 



Though more frequently seen at a considerable 

 elevation from the sea, we occasionally meet with 

 these birds in the lowlands ; they are, however, 

 rather recluse, affecting woods and lonely places. 

 Here as they hop from one twig to another, or 

 sit hid in the foliage of a thick tree, they utter 

 a rapid, and not unmusical succession of notes, as 

 if attempting to compress them all into one. Some 

 idea may be formed of it, by playing with one 

 hand the following notes on a pianoforte. 



The notes are occasionally 

 poured forth in the air as the 

 bird flits from tree to tree. But 

 very commonly it is heard, with- 

 out any variation, from the male 



