great crested flycatcher. 59 
Rot'll plumage ; and I believe that such birds 
they a-p so by climate, age, or disease, but that 
obser hatched so. The same jihcnomena 
'*ut even'^^*® among various sorts of animals, 
less <• Ihe human race ; and a white negro is 
"bite *" P’'RP‘”’1'RR to their numbers, than a 
olthei- L “ ’ though the precise cause of this in 
IS but little understood. 
MISSCICAJ’A CSllfJTA, LINN^TJS AND WILSON. 
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 
WILSON, PL. XlII. FIG. II. 
T 
the Up before us is less generally known than 
There chiefly confined to the M'oods. 
siougii "u squeak, for he has no song, is occa- 
oreh'a 5 .oard above most others. He also visits the 
and cflually fond of bees ; but wants the courage 
Penn **i’0"’dR'lty of the king bird. He arrives in 
^'ollow't early in May, and builds his nest in a 
The in t deserted by the bluebird or woodpecker, 
father ‘^teeuds of which this is formed are scanty, and 
^Ornieri ** of these nests, now before me, is 
hogs’ I • 1 loose h.ny, feathers of the Guinea fowl, 
Suake 1-** P'ooe* d cast snake skins, and dogs’ hair, 
article *f'"**J' '*^ *'*'^'* hu'd appear to be an indispensable 
"ithiiiit ^ never yet found one of his nests 
he surr * j forming a part of it. Whether 
Pfevent®'*!! 1 * "ith this by way of terrorem, to 
tiler if I ® birds or aninuihs from entering ; or w he- 
yoiino' ® *'® hnds its silky softness suitable for his 
The feu,'*] ""certain ; the fact, however, is notorious. 
Scratched ® . P four eggs of a dull cream colour, thickly 
"’ith .> "’*th purple lines of various tints as if done 
Th^ PCR- 
fo«n iiieF®®'®* ®'8'hl inches and a half long, and thir- 
Sreenisl, '*]• extent; the upper parts are of a dull 
centred ”'® feathers on the head are pointed, 
vitli dai-k brown, ragged at the sides, and form 
