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TIIE CANADA FLYCATCHER. 
fully determined to make him drop his prey. The pursuit continued thus 
until the birds were quite out of my sight !” 
This species, like many of its delicate tribe, appears to suffer so much 
from occasional cold, that, although at all other times a shy and wary bird, 
when chilly weather surprises it, it becomes at once careless of its safety. 
On such occasions I have approached them near enough to touch them with 
my gun. By the middle of September they all retire farther south. 
Hooded Flycatcher, Muscicapa cucullata, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. iii. p. 101. 
Sylvia mitrata, Bonap. Syn., p. 79. 
Hooded Warbler, Sylvia mitrata , Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii. p. 66. Adult Male 
and Female ; vol. v. p. 465. 
Selby’s Flycatcher, Muscicapa Selbyii, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. i. p. 46. Young. 
Third quill longest, second longer than fourth, which slightly exceeds 
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, 5i, 8. 
From Texas to Virginia. In the interior, as far as Memphis on the 
Mississippi. Rather common. Migratory. 
THE CANADA FLYCATCHER. 
Myiodioctes Canadensis, Linn. 
PLATE LXXII. — Male and Female. 
What a beautiful object, in the delightful season of spring, is our great 
laurel , covered with its tufts of richly, yet delicately, coloured flowers! In 
imagination I am at this moment rambling along the banks of some murmur- 
ing streamlet, overshadowed by the thick foliage of this gorgeous ornament 
of our mountainous districts. Methinks I see the timid trout eyeing my 
movements from beneath his rocky covert, while the warblers and other 
