NOBLE FLYCATCHER 



sulphur yellow instead of almost white, and the 

 stripe over the eye white instead of yellowish and 

 therefore more conspicuous. The bill is also 

 proportionately smaller. 



A much less common and familiar species than 

 M. maculatus nobilis. 



29. Myiodynastes maculatus nobilis (Sclater) 

 Noble Flycatcher 



Sexes alike. Length, 204 mm. (8.00 in.) ; tail, 

 85 mm. (3.35 in.). Pale grayish brown thickly 

 streaked with dusky above, the head tinged with 



FIG. 72. Myiodynastes maculatus nobilis 



(Nat. Size) 



cinnamon and with a large concealed crown patch 

 of yellow; a fairly distinct stripe of yellowish 

 white over eye, below it a dark streak through 



