CINEREOUS FLYCATCHER. 



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orange : the female has all the upper parts of the 

 body brownish ash ; the under parts white : the 

 tail, wings, and sides of the body, pale yellow. 

 It is found in most parts of North America, from 

 Hudson's Bay to the West Indies ; appearing in 

 the former place in the summer, and the latter in 

 the winter. It is a vivacious bird, and frequently 

 utters the notes sic sic sdic, occasionally interrupt- 

 ing it by one like weesi/ weesi/ weesi/, while perched 

 upon a leafless stem watching for its prey. 



CINEREOUS FLYCATCHER. 



(Muscicapa virens.) 



lS/Lu.Jusco-vire7is subtus lutea, superciliis albis. 

 Brown-green Flycatcher, beneath yellowish ; the eye-brows 

 white. 



Muscicapa virens. Lin. Syst, Nat. I. 327. H. — Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. I. 936. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 482. 57. 

 Muscicapa carolinensis cinerea. Briss. Orn. 2. 368. 7. 

 Le Gobe-mouche brun de la Caroline. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois, 



4. 543. 



Cinereous Flycatcher. Ten, Arct. Zool. 2. 270, — Lath. Gen. 

 Syn» 3. 350. 47. 



This species migrates in Carolina, arriving there 

 in the spring, and departing in the autumn : it is 

 nearly six inches in length : the upper mandible 

 of its beak is black, the lower yellow : the head 

 and upper parts of its body are dark ash-colour : 

 the wings and tail are brovv^n, the former edged with 

 white : under parts of the body white ; legs black. 



