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The female has no black on the crown, being dull olive on that 

 part, and of course may be mistaken for a different species. 



Inhabits North America, seen in the swamps of the Southern 

 States ; often in the lower parts of New Jersey, and Delaware, usually 

 among the thickets of the deep morasses during summer, departing 

 early in October ; has a sharp, squeaking note, no ways musical : 

 probably nondescript. 



172 — TUFTED-NAPED FLYCATCHER. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half, or more. Bill moderate in 

 size, dull yellow, curved downwards at the point ; nostrils indented ; 

 under the chin a tuft of short, bristly feathers, and at the gape three 

 or four long slender hairs ; head and neck, and as far as the breast 

 before, black ; on each side of the nape a tuft of white feathers, half 

 an inch long ; back, rump, and tail ash-colour ; lesser wing coverts, 

 and feathers falling over that part of the wing, buff yellow; the 

 rest of the wing ash-colour, the margins of the feathers yellowish 

 white ; under parts of the body, from the breast, buff, with a brownish 

 mixture ; tail a trifle hollowed out in the middle, and the feathers 

 slightly edged with yellowish; legs buff yellow, claws black. 



A drawing of this singular bird is among the collection of 

 drawings of Mr. Dent, but with no history annexed. 



173— YELLOW-THROATED FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa sylvicola, Yellow-throated Flycatcher, Am. Om. i. pi. 7. f. 3. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill stout, dusky blue, broad at the base ; 

 plumage above olive green ; head cinereous ; beneath, from chin to 

 vent, white, but the sides of the body yellow ; wings black, crossed 



