218 ROCKY-MOUNTAIN FLYCATCHER. 



fore part and sides of neck light greyish-brown, shaded with pale brownish- 

 red on the breast and abdomen; lower wing-coverts reddish-white. 



Male, 7, wing 4^> 



Arkansas. Columbia River. Fur Countries. Never seen along the At- 

 lantic. Abundant. Migratory. 



ROCKY-MOUNTAIN FLYCATCHER. 



" MlISCICAPA NIGRICANS, SwainS. 



PLATE LX.— Male. 



The only specimen of this Flycatcher in my possession was given to me 

 by my esteemed friend Thomas Nuttall, Esq., who procured it in North 

 California, but was unable to give me any account of its habits. It has been 

 briefly characterized by Mr. Swainson in his Synopsis of the Birds of 

 Mexico. 



Tvrannula nigricans, Swains. Syn. of Mex. Birds, Phil. Mag. N. S., vol. i. p. 367. 

 Rocky-Mountain Flycatcher, Muscicapa nigricans, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 302. 



Third quill longest, second and fourth a little shorter, first and sixth about 

 equal; tail very sligbtly emarginate; head, hind neck, fore part of back, fore 

 neck, a portion of the head, and sides, dark sooty-brown; the rest of the 

 upper parts greyish-brown; secondary coverts tipped, and secondaries mar- 

 gined with greyish-white, of which colour is the greater part of the outer web 

 of the lateral tail-feathers; middle of breast, abdomen, and lower tail-coverts 

 white; lower wing-coverts greyish -brown, edged with white. 



Male, 7, wing 3*|. 



Mexico and California. Rare. Migratory. 



Swamp Oak. 

 Quercus aquatica, Water Oak, Mich. Arb. Forest., vol. ii. p. 90, PI. 17. — Monozcia 



POLYANDRIA, Linn. AMENTACEiE, JuSS. 



Leaves oblongo-cuneate, tapering at the base, rounded or apiculate, some- 

 times three-lobed. 



