AMERICAN FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa ruticilla.) 



Mu. nigra suhtus alba, pectore macula alarum basi remigum rec- 



tricumque Jlavis. 

 Black Flycatcher, with the under parts white ; spot on the 



breast, base of the wings, quills, and tail-feathers, yellow. 

 Muscicapa ruticilla. Lin, Syst. Nat. 1. 236. 10. — Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 935. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 473. 22. — Vieil. Ois, de 



VAmer. Sept. 1. 66. — Wils. Amer. Orn. 1. 103. 

 Muscicapa americana. Briss. Orn. 2. 383. 14. " 

 Motacilla flavicauda. Gmel, Syst. Nat. 1. 997. female. 

 Le Gobe-mouche d*Amerique. Buff. PI. Enl. 5QQ.f. 1.2. 

 Le petit Noir-aurore. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois, 4. 546. 

 Le Moucherolle dorc. Vieil. Ois. de I* Amer, Sept. I, 6Q.pl. 35. 



male. 36. female. 

 Sraail American Redstart. Edwards. 80. — Catesby. Carol. I. 



pi. 67. male. 



Yellow-tailed Flycatcher. Edtaards. pi. 257. female. 

 Yellow-tailed Warbler. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 301. 

 Black-headed Warbler. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 282. male. 301. 



young. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 427. 18. 

 Small American Redstart, or Flycatcher. JVils, Amer. Orn. 1. 



103.^^. 6. male. — 5. Il5.pl. 45./. 2. young. 



This species is four inches and three quarters in 

 length : its beak is blackish : the head, neck, and 

 upper parts of the body, are black ; as are likewise 

 the wings, which have a broad orange stripe across 

 their centre : the sides of the body and the tail are 

 likewise orange, the two middle feathers, and the 

 tips of the others of the latter excepted, which 

 are black : the belly, sides, and vent, are pale 



