HOODED ELYCATCHEH. 
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composed of large irregular streaks ; back, wings, 
j i^il, cinereous brown ; vent, white ; upper mandible, 
lower, flesh coloured 5 logs and feet, the same ; 
hazel. 
Hn 1 having met with the female of this bird, I am 
’*hle, at present, to say in what its colours differ from 
th, 
“se of the male. 
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S7LVIJ, MITSATJj lath. — MirSCICJFJ Cl/CULLJTA, WlL!i01i^ 
HOODED PLVCATCIIER. 
WILSON, PLATE XXVI. FIC. HI. — MALE. 
j ^Vhv those two judicious naturalists. Pennant and 
pthani^ should have arranged this bird with the warblers 
* me unaccountable, as few of the muscicapm arc 
distinctly marked than the species now before us. 
h !® bill is broad at the base, where It is beset with 
fistlcs . phe upper mandible, notched, and slightly over- 
^*’*ging at the tip ; and the manners of the bird, in 
SelT^ respect, those of a flycatcher. This species is 
h, j ot seen in I’eunsylvania and the northern States ; 
1 through the whole extent of country south of Mary- 
^ “d, from the Atlantic to the Mississi))])!, is very abuii- 
It is, however, most partial to low situations, 
'ere there is plenty of thick underwood ; abounds 
the canes iu the State of Tenuesce, and in the 
‘'"cssippi territory ; and seems perpetually in pursuit 
^ "Inged insects ; now and then uttering three loud. 
Unmusical, and very lively notes, resembling tioee, 
twitchie, while engaged in the chase. Like almost 
It tribe, it is full of spirit, and exceedingly active, 
j builds a very neat and com|)act nest, generally in the 
jj/h of a small bush, forms it outwardly of moss and 
ti^’ broken hemp, and lines it with hair, and sorae- 
rvhn* feathers ; the eggs are five, of a grayish white, 
tl't" red spots towards the great end. In all parts of 
e United States, whore it inhabits, it is a bird of 
*" 0 ®. At Savannah I met with it about the 20th of 
