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Tyrannidce, they are at once distinguished from these clamatorial birds by the 

 oscine character of the tarsi, and the presence of only nine primaries. 



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40. Genus MYIODIOCTES Audubon. 



Hooded' Flycatcher. Clear yellow-olive, below rich yellow shaded along 

 the sides, whole head aud neck pure black, enclosing a broad golden mask 

 across forehead and through eyes ; wings un- _ 



marked, glossed with olive; tail with large white 



blotches on the two outer pairs of feathers, as in 



Dendroeca; bill black, feet flesh color. 9 with 



no black on the head ; that of the crown replaced 



by olive, that of the throat by yellow ; young $ 



with] the black much restricted or interrupted, if 



not wholly wanting as in the 9 (3Iuscicapa selbyi 



Aud. Orn. Biog. i, 46, pi. 9). Length 5-5^-; 



wing about 2|, tail about 2^. Eastern United States, apparently not very 



common. Muscicapa cucidlala WiLS., iii. 101, pi. 26, f. 3; Nutt., i, 373; 



Aud., ii, 12, pi. 71; Bd., 292 mitratus. 



(jV Green Black-capped Flycatcher. Clear yellow-olive ; crown glossy blue- 

 black ; forehead, sides of head and entire under parts bright yellow; wings 

 and tail plain, glossed with olive ; ujjper mandible dark, 

 under pale ; feet brown ; 9 and young similar, colors 

 not so bright, the black cap obscure. Small ; 4f-5 ; 



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Fig. 49. Hooded Flycatcher. 





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Fig. 50. Green Black-capped 

 Flycatcher. 



wing about 2^ ; tail about 2. North America, at large ; 



common. Wils., iii, 103, pi. 26, f. 4; Nutt., i, 408 ; 



Aud., ii, 21, pi. 75; Bd., 293 pusillus. 



Canadian Flycatcher. Bluish-ash ; crown speckled 

 with lanceolate black marks, crowded and generally continuous on the fore- 

 head ; the latter divided lengthwise by a slight yellow line ; short super- 

 ciliary line and edges of eyelids, yellow ; lores black, continuous with black 

 under the eye, aud this passing as a chain of black 

 streaks down the side of the neck and prettily encir- 

 cling the throat like a necklace ; excepting these 

 streaks and the white under tail coverts, the entire 

 under parts are clear yellow ; wings and tail un- 

 marked ; feet flesh color. In the 9 and young the 

 black is obscure or much restricted, and the back 

 may be slightly glossed with olive : but they cannot 

 be mistaken. In this plumage the bird is Myiodioctes 

 bonajyartii Aud., ii, 17, pi. 73 ; Nutt., i, 2d ed. 330 

 about 5^ ; wing 2J ; tail 2J. Eastern United States, an abundant and beau- 

 tiful woodland species. Wils., ii, 100, pi. 26, f. 2; Nutt., i, 372; Aud., 



ii, 14; pi. 72, Bd., 294 canadensis. 



Obs. The Small-headed Flycatcher, Muscicapa minuta Wils., vi, 62, pi. 50, f. 

 i, 2d ed. 334; Aud., 1, 238, pi. 07; Bd., 293, now unknown, is conjec- 



FiG. 51. Canadian Flycatcher. 



; Bd., 295. Length 



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2 : Nutt. 



