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SYLVICOLINiE. MYIODIOCTES. 
GENUS I. MYIODIOCTES, Aud. FLYCATCHING- 
WARBLER. 
Bill of moderate length, stoutish, straight, considerably 
broader than high, compressed toward the end ; upper 
mandible with the ridge distinct, the dorsal line convex 
toward the end, the edges sharp and overlapping, with a 
very faint notch close to the slightly deflected tip ; lower 
mandible with the ridge indistinct, the sides rounded, the 
edges somewhat involute, the tip narrow, not ascending. 
Nostrils basal, oblong. Head ovate, of moderate size ; 
neck short ; body rather slender. Feet of moderate length ; 
tarsus pretty stout, much compressed ; scutella blended, 
excepting the lower three ; toes of moderate length, very 
slender, the hind toe proportionally large, the third and 
fourth united at the base, all scutellate. Claws moderate, 
extremely compressed, well arched, very acute. Bristles at 
the base of the bill elongated but slender. Wings of mo- 
derate length, the second and third quills longest, the first 
scarcely shorter than the fourth. Tail moderate, slightly 
rounded. Name from MvTa, an insect, A/wxr?j^, a pursuer. 
71. 1. mitratus, Lath. Hooded Fly catching- Warbler. — 
Hooded Flycatcher. Hooded Warbler. 
Plate CX. Male and Female. Plate IX. Young. 
Third quill longest, second longer than fourth, which slightly ex- 
ceeds the first ; tail slightly emarginate and rounded. Male with the 
forehead, sides of the head, breast, sides, abdomen, lower wing and 
tail coverts, rich pure yellow ; hind head and neck all round black ; 
upper parts yellowish-olive ; wings and tail dusky brown, margined 
with yellowish-olive, an oblique patch of white on the inner webs 
of the three outer tail-coverts. Female with the forehead, the sides 
of the head, the throat, and all the lower parts yellow, the hind part 
of the head dusky, the upper part as in the male. Young similar to 
the female, but with the tints a little duller. 
Male, 5 1, 8. 
From Texas to Virginia. In the interior, as far as Memphis on the 
Mississippi. Rather CQmmon. Migratory. 
Hooded Flycatcher, Muscicapa cucullata, Wils. Amer. Om. v. iii. p. 101. 
Sylvia mitrata, Bonap. Syn. p. 79, 
