578 



WOOD flycatchp:r. 

 (Muscicapa rapax.) 



Mu. grisea^ subtus allja, tectricibus caudcB superioribus apice 

 albis. 



Grey Flycatcher, beneath white, with the tips of the upper tail- 

 coverts white. 



Muscicapa rapax. Wils. Amer. Orn, 1. 81. 



Muscicapa querilla. Vieil, Ols. de V Amer, Sept. 1. 68. 



Le Moucherolle plaintif. Vieil. Ois. de I* Amer. Sept. 1. 68. pi. 

 39. 



Wood Flycatcher. Wils, Amer. Orn. 1. 81. pL 13./r 5. 



, This species of Flycatcher, which has a note 

 expressed by the words peto-wdt/, peeto-wai/y pee- 

 Wat/, has the top of the head dull grey: the 

 cheeks, temples, nape, and upper parts of the 

 neck and body, wings and tail, of an uniform 

 grey colour, getting stronger towards the rump : 

 the upper wing-coverts are tipped with white : 

 the throat and all the under parts of the body are 

 also white ; the upper mandible of the beak is 

 browUj the lower yellowish: the feet are dusky: 

 the length is five inches and a half ; it is called 

 the Small Pewit in North America, where it arrives 

 very late in the spring : it affects sequestered 

 woods, where there is but little underwood and 

 plenty of dead leafless twigs, upon which latter 

 its nest is fixed: it is composed of moss, and is 

 put together without any mud: it lays five clear 

 white eggs: it is more numerous than the Black- 

 cap Flycatcher. ' 



