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147— HANGING FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa Noveboracensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 482. Gm. Lin. i. 947. 



i Cantatrix, White-eyed Flycatcher, Amer. Orn. ii. pi. 18. f. 6. 

 Vireo-musicus, Vieill. Am. i. p. 83. pi. 52. 

 Green Flycatcher, Arct. Zool. ii. No. 274. 

 Hanging Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. Sup. 174. Shaw's Zool. x. 366. 



LENGTH from four to five inches. Bill and legs bluish black ; 

 head cinereous green ; on each side of the bill a yellow spot ; back 

 and wing coverts pale green ; on the last two white bars ; prime 

 quills and tail dusky, edged with green ; throat pale ash-colour, 

 approaching to white ; middle of the belly white ; sides fine yellow. 



Inhabits New York, coming in May, and after breeding, departs 

 in August ; is a scarce species : sent to England by the name of 

 Small Green Hanging Bird. Found in Georgia, and feeds on 

 insects, sometimes on berries ; makes the nest on the top of a shrub, 

 suspended ; in size about half as big as that of the Chaffinch, and 

 equally elegant in structure, formed of wool, lichen, &c. ; the eggs 

 five in number, dirty white, spotted with green, or dusky purple; 

 the note similar to Tritri, when any one approaches the nest ; sings 

 agreeably during its stay, and the voice strong ; departs in troops of 

 five or six, about September. 



The female has the top of the head green ; beneath, and the 

 ends of the wing coverts, yellowish white : said to breed twice in a 

 season. This is one of the adopted nurses of the Cowpeu Oriole, 

 which, like the Cuckow, lays eggs in the nests of other birds. 



148— PETECHIAL FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa petechia, Ind. Orn. ii. 486. Lin. i. 328. Gm. Lin. i. 948. 



Martinicana fusca, Bris. ii. 361. t 38. 1. Id. 8vo. i. 259. 



Gobe-mouche brun de la Martinique, PL enl. 568. 2. 



