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of this species is five inches and a half ; 
olive ”| »>chcs ; the npper parts are of a green 
®nth*l lower, pale greenish yellow, darkest 
tvvo 1* o*'®ast ; the wings are deep brown, crossed with 
SUrro yellowish white, and a ring of the same 
at th'***'^**j*''^ '' I'loh is hazel. The tail is rounded 
l*ro\v* ^1 ’ remarkably flat and broad, dark 
ast, ^od flesh colour below ; legs and feet, pale 
f he female differs little from the male in colour. 
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^VSCICJPJ SVNCIOLA, WILSON. — M. FUSCA, GMELIN. 
PEWIT FLYCATCHEB.. 
spring 
: we 
with us until October. I 
vijjj®’® ^ell-known bird is one of our earliest 
continuiuj^ 
In t? them here as late as the 12th of November, 
inw '•* '^’ooth of February, I overtook these birds linger- 
Car 'r s^'ampy woods of North and South 
chant****' 'l^l’cy ■"'ere feeding on smilax 
jjj j^jy'“’>^^criviug in Pennsylvania about the first week 
(?ave I 
naiif -y ^ ““ l>«'i'jes. and 
rite r***!’’ occasionally, their simple notes. The favou- 
Ocar *■ .*^*‘’* ^^cd is by streams of water, under or 
a ppQ-** 9®*’’ caves, &c. Near such places he sits on 
'"ee W*^***^^ calling out, pe-wce, pe-wittitee pc- 
T.cturn 
^*ke tb*'^ to the same twig ; frequently flirting his tail, 
buila ? " agtail, though not so rapidly. He begins to 
jOhd about the 20th , 
apidly. 
— th or 25th of March, on some project- 
oc'six^ V******** * ^cidge, in a cave, in an open w'ell, five 
Walk, 'lown among the interstices of the side 
''■■“Ik often 
&n(J U|J,.l *• •A.-v.v., *V»»» V-«T«iO VJ « 
^ixed 1 ^ places. The outside is composed of mud 
d'.' * moss, is generally large and solid, and lined 
white 1*'"^ horse hair. The eggs are five, pure 
I have k ** * tbcee dots of red near the great end. 
In '■'^ewu them rear three brood in one season. 
t''hich%*''**^*****’***^.b“''* l^actram’s woods, with 
a ea ^ **E “cquainted, by the side of a small stream, 
Fe, five or six feet high, formed by the under- 
under a shed, in the low' eaves of a cottage. 
