Plate CXXIX. Male.
Third quill longest, first and sixth equal; upper parts dull
greenish-olive; quills and coverts dark brown, the primaries margined
with light red, the secondaries with yellowish-white, of which there
are two bars across the wing, formed by the tips of the secondary
coverts and first row of small coverts; inner webs of the
tail-feathers, except the two middle, light red; margins of inner webs
of quills tinged with the same; fore-neck and sides of the head
greyish-blue, the rest of the lower parts yellow. Female similar.
_Male_, 8-1/2, 13.
From Texas northward, generally distributed. Abundant. Migratory.
Great Crested Flycatcher, Muscicapa crinita, Wils. Amer. Orn.
v. ii. p. 75.
Muscicapa crinita, Bonap. Syn. p. 67.
Great Crested Flycatcher, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 271.
Great Crested Flycatcher, Muscicapa crinita, Aud. Orn. Biog.
v. ii. p. 176; v. v. p. 423.
58. 5. Muscicapa Cooperi, Nuttall. Cooper's Flycatcher.--Olive-sided
Flycatcher.
Wing pointed, second quill longest, first longer than third, tail
emarginate, the three first primaries very slightly attenuated at the
ends; upper parts, cheeks, and sides of the neck, dusky brown, tinged
with greyish-olive, the head darker; quills and tail blackish-brown,
the secondaries margined with brownish-white; downy feathers on the
sides of the rump white; lower parts greyish-white, the sides dusky
grey. Young similar to adult.
_Male_, 7-1/2, 12-3/4.
From Texas northward along the Atlantic. Never seen far in the
interior. Columbia River. Migratory.
Olive-sided Flycatcher or Pe-pe, Muscicapa Cooperi, Nutt. Man.
v. i. p. 282.
Tyrannus borealis, Northern Tyrant, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor.
Amer. v. ii. p. 141.
Olive-sided Flycatcher, Muscicapa Cooperi, Aud. Orn. Biog. v.
ii. p. 422; v. v. p. 422.
* Bill more slender. Tyrannula of authors.