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TUFTED FLYCATCHER. 

 (Mascicapa comata.) 



Mu. mgra> capite cristato, subtus, uropygio, rectricumque inter- 



mediarum apice albo, crissojlavo. 

 Black Flycatcher, with the head crested ; the under parts, 



rump, and the tips of the middle tail-feathers, white ; the 



vent yellow. 

 Muscicapa comata. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 941. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 474. 25. 

 Tufted Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 334. 18. 



THE Tufted Flycatcher is an inhabitant of Cey- 

 lon : its beak is black : its head crested^ and, 

 with the cheeks and chin, black : the hinder parts 

 of the neck, upper parts of the body, wings, and 

 tail, the same ; the two middle feathers of the 

 latter with white tips : the legs ash-coloured : the 

 sides of the neck, breast, belly, and rump, white : 

 vent yellow. 



