. Arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. 8o a;2. Cat. Place. CAT, AND CANADA FLY-CATCHER. Cat-bir^. Catejhy, i. 66.—Laixfo,,, X^^.^Latham, ii. 353. Le Gobe-Mouche brun de Virginie, Brijhn, ii. 365. Mufcicapa Carolinenfis, Lin. Syft. 328. Le Mouchcrolle de Virginie. De Buffon, iv. Mus.~Bl. Mus. F L. With a black crown : upper part of the body, wings, and tail, blueilhgrey: the tail cuneiform, marked with numerous dufky bars : under fide of the body of a pale grey: vent ferrugi- nous : legs brown. Larger a Lark. Inhabits New York and Carolina. Mews like a kitten j from wh
. Arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. 8o a;2. Cat. Place. CAT, AND CANADA FLY-CATCHER. Cat-bir^. Catejhy, i. 66.—Laixfo,,, X^^.^Latham, ii. 353. Le Gobe-Mouche brun de Virginie, Brijhn, ii. 365. Mufcicapa Carolinenfis, Lin. Syft. 328. Le Mouchcrolle de Virginie. De Buffon, iv. Mus.~Bl. Mus. F L. With a black crown : upper part of the body, wings, and tail, blueilhgrey: the tail cuneiform, marked with numerous dufky bars : under fide of the body of a pale grey: vent ferrugi- nous : legs brown. Larger a Lark. Inhabits New York and Carolina. Mews like a kitten j from which arofe its name. Lives among bufhes and thickets. Feeds on infecls. Makes the outfide of its neft with leaves and matting rufhesi the infide with fibres af roots. Lays a blue egg. Has a great fpirit, and will attack a Crow, or any large bird. Mr. Latham faw one which was brought from Kamtjchatka, which differed from this only in having no ruft-color on the vent. 2TI' Canada. Mufcicapa Canadenfis, Lin. Syfl. iz^.^Latham, ii. 354, Gobe-Mouche cendre de Canada, Brijcn, ii. 406. tab. ;. Bufon, iv. 538—Catejby, i. 60. < F L. With a cinereous head, fpotted with black ^ a yellow fpot between the bill and the tyt,, and beneath each eye a black one: the upper part of the body cinereous^ th' -ower, yellow, marked on the under fide of the neck with fmall black fpots: the tail of a cinereous brown, with die exterior webs alh-colored. Inhabits Canada. FL. With. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798. London : Printed for Robert Faulder . ..
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