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of the common European flycatchers. The size is 

 small, and the incumbent crest, when the feathers 

 are raised, becomes very conspicuous, the feathers 

 being broad, and nearly black in the middle. The 

 whole of the head and neck above, as well as the 

 chin, throat, and breast beneath, are uniform cinere- 

 ous, palest beneath. This colour terminates abruptly 

 on the breast beneath and on the neck above ; the 

 rest of the upper plumage is olive-yellow, which 

 colour also margins the wing and tail-feathers, which 

 are otherwise dark-brown : from the breast to the 

 under tail-covers is pure and bright yellow, uniform 

 in its colour, but paler and mixed with olive on the 

 under wing-covers. The three first quills are gra- 

 duated, the fourth being the longest ; the tail is 

 nearly even, and the feathers broader at their tips 

 than is usual in this sub-genus ; the legs are particu- 

 larly slender and pale fulvous; the bristles of the 

 rictus, which are thick-set, are nearly as long as 

 the bill ; the under mandible is almost white, and 

 there is a white ring round the eyelids : feet as in 

 Muscipeta. 



Total length, 4 T 4 ^; bill, gape, ^; front, j 5 ; wings, 

 2 ; tail beyond, f ; base, 2 ; tarsus, . 



The sub-genus 



