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their mouths, showing their teeth; when held in :he hand for a short 
time, they became active, and, after being carried into a stove room, 
flew about as lively as ever. ~ 
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SMALL-HEADED FLYCATCHER.— MUSCICAPA MINUTA. — 
Fie. 200. 
SYLVICOLA? MINUTA, —Janvine. 
Sylvia minuta, Bonap. Synop. p. 86. 
Turs very rare bird, represented in Fig. 200, is the only one I have 
met with. It was shot on the 24th of April, in an orchard, and was 
emarkably active, running, climbing, and darting about among the 
‘opening buds and blossoms with. extraordinary agility. From what 
quarter of the United States or of North America it is a wanderer, I 
am unable to determine, having never before met with an individual 
of the species. Its notes and manner of breeding are also alike un- 
known to me. This was a male: it measured five inches long, and 
eight and a quarter in extent ; the upper parts were dull yellow olive; 
the wings, dusky brown, edged with lighter; the greater and lesser 
coverts, tipped with white ; the lower parts, dirty white, stained with 
dull yellow, particularly on the upper parts of the breast; the tail, 
dusky brown, the two exterior feathers marked, like those of many 
others, with a spot of white on the inner vanes; head, remarkably 
small; bill, broad at the base, furnished with bristles, and notched 
near the tip; legs, dark brown ; feet, yellowish ; eye, dark hazel. 
Since writmg the above, I have shot several individuals of this 
species in various quarters of New Jersey, particularly in swamps. 
They all appear to be nearly alike in. plumage. Having found them 
there in June, there is no doubt of their breeding in that state, and, 
probably, in such situations far to the southward; for many of the 
southern summer birds that rarely visit Pennsylvania, are yet common 
to the swamps and pine woods of New Jersey. Similarity of soil and 
situation, of plants and trees, and, consequently, of fruits, seeds, and 
insects, &c., are, doubtless, their inducements. The Summer Red- 
Bird, Great Carolina Wren, Pine-creeping Warbler, and many 
others, are rarely seen in Pennsylvania, or to the northward, though 
they are common in many parts of West Jersey. 
