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ROBIN FLYCATCHER. 



Mtiscicapa niLecola, SWAINS. 

 PLATE XXVII. 



THE only specimen we have ever seen of this very 

 remarkable bird, is the one already alluded to as 

 existing in the Royal Museum at Paris ; and, as 

 every particular respecting its structure must be 

 highly interesting, we shall here transcribe our ori- 

 ginal description, verbatim, as written when the 

 specimen was before us. 



Size and colour of the robin, which it so closely 

 resembles, that it might easily pass for that bird : 

 oill rather larger, straight, but abruptly bent at the 

 tip ; the base broad, but not dilated ; culmen 

 elevated and straight; the sides compressed; go- 

 nys ascending ; rictus as much bristled as in the 

 European Flycatchers; wings moderate, reaching 

 to half the length of the tail ; the first quill very 

 short, the second equal to the seventh, the fourth 

 and fifth longest ; tail moderate, slightly rounded ; 

 tarsi (for a Flycatcher) rather long, pale ; anterior 

 and lateral scales entire; outer and inner toes nearly 

 equal ; the inner slightly connected at the base, but 

 the outer and middle toe are connected beyond the 



