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SUPERCILIOUS FLYCATCHER. 



broods in the year, and generally two : it appears 

 about March at Hudson's Bay, and disappears in 

 August : it is there and at New York called Phoeby 

 Bird : it is fond of perching upon dead branches, 

 and will utter the note pe-^wee^ pe-wittitee pe-wee^ 

 for a considerable length of time, occasionally 

 stopping when it darts upon an insect, which it 

 generally secures. 



SUPERCILIOUS FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa superciliosa.) 



Mu. cinerea subtus incarnata, superciliis rectricibusque duabus 

 intermediis nigris, lateralibus albis. 



Cinereous Flycatcher, beneath flesh-colouredjp with the eye- 

 brows and two middle tail-feathers black ; the outer ones 

 white. 



Muscicapa superciliosa. Gmel, Syst, Nat. l. 944. — Lath, Ind, 



Orn, 2. 477. 40. 

 Supercilious Flycatcher. Lath, Gen. St/n. 3.341. 34. 



The locality of this species is unknown: its 

 length is four inches and a half : its beak is black : 

 supercilia and spot before the eyes black : upper 

 parts of the body greyish : under parts pale red- 

 dish white : tail wedged : the two middle feathers 

 wholly black, the next on each side black with 

 white tips, and the rest all white : legs brown. 



