272 SMALL-HEADED FLYCATCHER. 



figures on the same plate. It was shot on the 24th of April, 

 in an orchard, and was remarkably 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 

 unknown 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, tipt 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 writing 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. 



