Plate CXX. Male and Female.
Wing much rounded, third quill longest, fourth scarcely shorter, but
considerably longer than second, first intermediate between sixth and
seventh; tail emarginate; upper parts dull olive, the head much
darker; quills and tail dusky brown, secondaries and their coverts
edged with pale brown; outer tail-feathers whitish on the outer edge,
unless toward the tip; lower parts dull yellowish white, the breast
tinged with grey.
_Male_, 7, 9-1/2.
Throughout the United States, and northward. Spends the winter in vast
numbers in the southern parts.
Pewit Flycatcher, Muscicapa nunciola, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii.
p. 78.
Muscicapa fusca, Bonap. Syn. p. 68.
Pewit Flycatcher or Phœbe, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 278.
Pewee Flycatcher, Muscicapa fusca, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p.
122; v. v. p. 424.