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GOLDEN-HOODED FLYCATCHER. 



Monacha chrysomela, SWAINS. 

 PLATE XIV. 



Golden-orange ; chin, throat, interscapulars, wings, thighs, 

 and tail, velvet-black, glossed on the throat with blue , be- 

 neath the eye a snowy spot. 



Muscicapa chrysomela, Gamot $ Less. Zool. de la Coq. 

 PL 18, fa. 



THE only specimen yet known of this superb Fly- 

 catcher, hy far the most beautiful that has yet 

 been discovered, was procured by the French natu- 

 ralists who accompanied the discovery ship, Co- 

 quille, in the thick woods of New Ireland. It is 

 now deposited in the Royal Museum at Paris, where 

 the accompanying figure was made some years ago. 

 As nothing is known of its manners, we have only, 

 in this place, to describe its plumage. 



The ground colour of the whole bird is of the 

 brightest orange, or golden-yellow ; the feathers of 

 the head being compact, and forming an obsolete 

 crest, as in the typical species of Muscipeta. This 

 brilliant colour is relieved by a large patch of the 

 deepest black, glossed with blue, in front of the 



