130 PEWEE FLYCATCHER. 



MusciCAPA rrscA, Ch. Bonaparte's Synops. of Birds of the United States, p. 68. 

 Pewit flycatcher, Muscicapa nunciola, Wils. Amer. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 78. 

 PL 13. Fig. 4 Nuttall, Manual, part i. p. 278. 



Adult Male. Plate CXX. Fig. 1. 



Bill rather long, broad and depressed at the base, compressed towards 

 the tip, acute ; upper mandible with the dorsal line slightly arched, the 

 sides convex, the edges sharp, the tip dechnate ; lower mandible straight, 

 the back convex, the edges sharp. The general proportions are rather 

 slender, the eyes large. Feet short, rather slender ; tarsus shorter than 

 the middle toe, compressed anteriorly scutellate, sharp behind ; toes 

 slender, free ; claws small, weak, sUghtly arched, acute. 



Plumage blended, soft, glossy ; feathers of the head elongated and 

 erectile. Basirostral bristles long. Wings of ordinary length, the third 

 and fourth quills longest. Tail rather long, emarginate. 



Bill and feet black. Iris brown. The general colour of the plumage 

 is dull olive green, darker on the head ; the quills and tail dusky, the 

 larger coverts and inner secondaries edged with pale brown ; the outer 

 tail feathers whitish on their outer edge towards the base. The lower 

 parts in general are brownish white, the sides dusky. 



Length 7 inches, extent of wings 9^ ; bill along the ridge j\, along 

 the edge i§ ; tarsus f . 



Adult Female. Plate CXX. Fig. 2. 



The Female resembles the Male, being only a little lighter on the 

 sides of the neck. 



The Cotton Plant. 



GossYPiuM hehbaceum, Linn. Syst. Nat. vol. ii. p. 462 — Monadelphia Poiy- 

 ANDRiA, Linn. Malvaceae, Juss. 



See vol. i. p. 359. 



