

%qi Major-General DaviesV Account of a Species of ' Mufcicajra* 



flender filaments, like hair, of a black colour. The female is like 

 the male in every refpecl, excepting that it has no azure bar over 

 the eye, and that it is entirely of a ferruginous colour from the bafe 

 of the under-mandible to the vent. 



The natives of New South Wales give the name of Merion Bin-* 

 nion to this bird, on account of the great refemblance of its tail to 

 the feathers of the Caflbwary. 



Since the above account was written, Dr. Shaw has examined the 

 bird therein defcribed, and has named and characterized it as 

 follows : 



MUSCICAPA malachura. 



Soft-tailed Flycatcher, 



M. fufca, fubtus ferruginea; gula (maris?) ccerulea; cauda longa 

 cuneata, rectricibus decompofitis. 



Brown Flycatcher, ferruginous beneath; the throat (of the male?) 

 blue ; the tail long and cuneated, with loofe- webbed feathers. 



Tab. XXI. reprefents the Mufcicapa malachura, male and female* 





XXII. Obfer* 



