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SAY’S FLY-CATCHER. 
Muscicapa Saya, Bonap. 
- PLATE LIX. — Male and Female. 
This species was first discovered by Titian Peale, Esq. of Philadelphia, 
and flamed after Mr. Thomas Say by Bonaparte, who described and 
figured it in his continuation of Wilson’s American Ornithology. It 
appears to range over a very extensive portion of country, lying between 
Mexico and the settlements of the British Fur Companies, a pair having 
been procured at Carlton House, as mentioned by Dr. Richardson. Little’ 
is yet known of the habits of this species, but it would seem, from Mr. 
Nuttall’s remarks, to be a rupestrine Flycatcher, and not strictly arboreal, 
as supposed by Mr. Swainson. 
“We first observed this bird,” says Mr. Nuttall, “ in our route westward, 
about the 14t]j of June, within the first range of the Rocky Mountains called 
the Black Hills, and in the vicinity of that northern branch of the Platte 
known by the name of Larimie’s Fork. At the time, we saw a pair perched 
as usual on masses of rocks, from which, like the Pewee, though occasionally 
alighted, they flew after passing insects, without uttering any note that we 
heard ; and from their predilection, it is probable they inhabit among broken 
hills and barren rocks, where we have scarcely a doubt, from their behaviour, 
they had at this time a brood in a nest among these granite cliffs. They 
appeared very timorous on our approach, and seemed very limited in their 
range. Except among the Blue Mountains of the Columbia, we scarcely 
ever saw them again. .Their manners appear to be very much like those 
of the Common Pewee ; but they are much more silent and shy.” 
Say’s Flycatcher, Muscicapa Saya , Bonap. Amer. Orn., vol. i. p. 20. 
Muscicapa Saya, Bonap. Syn., p. 67 . 
Tyrannula Saya, Swains, and Rich. F. Bor. Amer., vol. ii. p. 142. 
Say’s Flycatcher, Muscicapa Saya , Nutt. Man., vol, i. p. 277. 
Say’s Flycatcher, Muscicapa Saya , Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. iv. p. 428. 
Third quill longest, second and fourth scarcely shorter, first a little longer 
than sixth ; tail very slightly emarginate ; upper parts greyish-brown ; upper 
tail-coverts and tail brownish-black ; wings of a darker tint than the back, 
the feathers margined with brownish-white ; a dusky spot before the eyer; 
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