ARKANSA FLYCATCHER. 
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centred with dark brown, the whole forming a sort of spreading cap 
or crest. Wing-coverts crossed with two irregular bars of yellowish 
white. Primaries bright ferruginous. Tail slightly forked. Bill, 
legs, and feet greyish black. Iris ha$el. The female is scarcely dis- 
tinguishable from the male. 
ARKANSA FLYCATCHER. 
(Muscicapa verticalis , Bonap. Am. Orn. i. p. 18. pi. 2. fig. 2. Ty- 
rannies verticalis , Say. Philad. Museum, No. 6624.) 
Sp. Charact. ■ — Head and throat ash ; a small orange spot on the 
crown ; belly yellow ; tail blackish, the exterior feather white on 
the outer web. 
We are indebted to Mr. Say, the well known natural- 
ist, for the discovery of this recently known species of 
Flycatcher, which appears to inhabit all the region west 
of the Missouri river. The specimen obtained, in the 
beginning of July, near the banks of the river Platte, 
and only a few days’ march from the Rocky mountains, 
was a male, 
The length of this species is 8 inches. The head above, and hind- 
head are pale lead-color. Beneath the surface of the crowm there is 
a small bright orange spot, also a dusky space between the bill and 
eyes. The lead-color of the back is tinged with olive, the rump and 
upper tail coverts approaching to blackish. Throat and upper part 
of the breast very pale plumbeous, beyond which all the under parts 
are yellow. The wings umber brown ; the 1st primary very narrow. 
Tail deep brown-black, very slightly forked; the exterior feather is 
white on the outer web, It is allied to the Muscicapa ferox of South 
America, 
