SPECIES 9. MUSCICJiPA SOLITARM. 
SOLITARY FLYCATCHER. 
[Plate XVII.— Fig. 6. Male.] 
This rare species I can find no where described. I have 
myself never seen more than three of them; all of whom cor- 
responded in their markings; and on dissection were found to 
be males. It is a silent, solitary bird. It is also occasionally 
found in the state of Georgia, where I saw a drawing of it in 
the possession of Mr. Abbot, who considered it a very scarce 
species. He could give me no information of the female. The 
one from which the figure in the plate was taken, was shot in 
Mr. Bartram’s woods, near Philadelphia, among the branches 
of dogwood, in the month of October, It appears to belong to 
a particular family, or subdivision of the Muscicapa genus, 
among which are the White-eyed, the Yellow-throated, and 
several others already described in the present work. Why 
one species should be so rare, while another, much resembling 
it, is so numerous, at least a thousand for one, is a question I 
am unable to answer; unless by supposing the few we meet 
with here to be accidental stragglers from the great body, which 
may have their residence in some other parts of our extensive 
continent. 
The Solitary Flycatcher is five inches long, and eight inches 
in breadth; cheeks and upper part of the head and neck, a fine 
bluish gray; breast pale cinereous; flanks and sides of the breast 
yellow; whole back and tail coverts green olive; wings nearly 
black; the first and second row of coverts tipt with white; the 
three secondaries next the body edged with pale yellowish 
white; the rest of the quills bordered with light green; tail 
slightly forked, of the same tint as the wings, and edged with 
