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NEW-YORK FAUNA — BIRDS. 
THE SMALL GREEN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 
Muscicapa acadica. 
PLATE XXX. FIG. 66. 
(STATE COLLECTION.) 
Muscicapa acadica, Gmelin. Lesser-crested Flycatcher, Pennant, Arct. Zool. Vol. 2, p. 386. 
M. querula. Wilson, Am. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 77, pi, 13, fig. 3. 
M. acadica. Audubon, fol. pi. 144 ; Orn. Biog. Vol. 2, p. 256, and Vol. 5, p. 427. Nuttall, Manual Orn. Vol. I, 
p. 288. 
Plalyrhyncos virescens. Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. 
Small Green Flycatcher. Audubon, 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, 5h 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. 
