260 FLYCATCHER. 



forehead white ; sides and behind the head black and blue mixed ; 

 upper part of the neck and body, wing coverts, and edges of the tail 

 feathers, deep green ; tail much rounded, and the feathers pointed ; 

 quills brown ; fore part of the neck, and under wing coverts fine 

 yellow ; the rest of the under parts rufous white ; legs lead-colour. 



A single specimen of this once met with in Paraguay in June, 

 within a wood, where it was flying after insects. 



170— SOLITARY FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa solitaria, Solitary Flycatcher, Amer. Orn. ii. pi. 17. f. 6. Shaw's Zool. x. p. -349. 



LENGTH five inches, extent eight. Bill black, beneath it light 

 blue ; irides hazel ; cheeks, and upper part of the head and neck fine 

 bluish grey; back, and tail coverts greenish olive; wings nearly 

 black ; on the coverts two bars of white ; second quills edged with 

 white, the others with light green ; from the nostrils a line of white, 

 passing round the eye; lore black; breast pale cinereous; flanks, 

 and sides of the breast yellow ; belly and vent white ; tail slightly 

 forked, marked as the quills. 



Inhabits North America ; is not common, three only having been 

 seen about Philadelphia, another shot among the branches of Dog 

 wood, in October : is a silent, solitary bird. 



171 —LITTLE FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa pusilla, Green black-cap Flycatcher, Am. Orn. iii. pi. 26. f. 4. 



LENGTH four inches and a half; extent six. Bill flesh-colour; 

 irides hazel ; on the crown a patch of black ; forehead, line over the 

 eye, and all beneath the body yellow ; brightest over the eye, and 

 dullest on the cheeks, belly, and vent, which are tinged with olive ; 

 upper parts of the body olive green ; wings and tail dusky brown, 

 the former very short ; legs flesh-colour. 



