ARKANSAW FLYCATCHER. 8J 
sou thwestern frontier of the United States, 
V lt . e es P e cially frequenting the scanty forests, which, 
aim' Ul ? n y’ partial, and often total interruptions, extend 
in " the Arkansaw, Canadian, and Platte rivers, where 
!>0| ne districts they do not seem to be very uncommon. 
17 . MUSCICAFA FERTICALIS , BONAPARTE. 
ARKANSAW FLYCATCHER. 
BONAPARTE, PLATE II. FIG. II. 
bird, brought from the Rocky Mountains by 
r Long’s exploring party, is so closely allied to 
"eii lm l )e| fectly described species of the extensive 
to which it belongs, that ornithologists, at first 
a » ’t, may very reasonably doubt its pretensions to rank 
Hi a nevv species. But, notwithstanding any doubt 
cert '", ay be produced by its similarity to others, it is 
of fl ainl y an addition to the already numerous catalogue 
_,ycatchers. 
i n . , h<! total length of the Arkansaw flycatcher is eight 
fl v ® s - The bill is similar to that of the crested 
i,.,,:;!-,, hut is more r ounded above, and more abruptly 
^ at tip, being of a blackish colour, as well as 
Plim f®*' Tlie head above, and nucha, are pure pale 
s Pot * 5 the crown has a restricted bright orange 
r ( . ^ _ 1 ' 1 tlie middle, invisible when the feathers are at 
The’ tbe r e ’ s a dusky spot between the bill and eyes. 
o|; v , Uer vix and back are pale plumbeous, tinged with 
bla c ]' e ? Us > and deepening on the rump almost to 
The * v 'y h 'ch is the colour of the superior tail-coverts. 
h re ; " 1111 is whitish ; the throat and upper part of the 
the" 1 ^ ar . e the same colour as the head, but paler; 
:in ( | ""gaining under surface, including the inferior wing 
8P(. ta ’Lcoverts, is yellow'. The wings are brown, the 
V| ( ""d. tries being margined exteriorly with whitish ; 
ft 0 i"" 301 ' webs of the primaries are whitish towards 
j 5 e ba se, and near the tips they are narrowed ; the first 
of ’’cmarkably so, being almost falciform. The tail is 
a deep brown black colour, and very slightly 
