326 BOURBON FLYCATCHER. 



crown of the head crested, and with the throat 

 and fore-part of the neck glossy black, changing 

 to green : the whole upper parts of the body ches- 

 nut-coloured : the greater wing-coverts and quills 

 brown, edged with chesnut : breast and under 

 parts of the body cinereous : tail much wedged 

 and long, of a purple chesnut colour : legs grey. 



BOURBON FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa borbonica.) 



Mu. cristata badia f subtus cinerea, capite nigro-virescente, rectri- 

 cibus pallide badiis. 



Crested chocolate-coloured Flycatcher, beneath cinereous, with 

 the head greenish black, and the tail-feathers pale choco- 

 late. 



Muscicapa borbonica. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1 . 939. Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 2. 47O. 10. 



Muscicapa borbonica cristata. Briss. Orn. 2. 420. 32. pi. 3J. 

 f.5. 



Gobe-mouche huppe de 1'isle de Bourbon. Buffi PI. Enl. 573. 

 f. i. male. 



Bourbon Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 330. 7. Lath. Syn. 

 Sup. 171. 



THIS greatly resembles the preceding, but is 

 not above two thirds the size, being only five 

 inches and a quarter in length : its beak is grey : 

 head of the male greenish black, with a tinge of 

 violet; of the female grey: back, lesser wing- 



