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CHATTERING FLYCATCHER. 



(Muscicapa viridis.) 



Mu. obscure viridis subtus luiea superciliis maculaque sub oculis 



candidisy imo venire sordide albo, rectricibusjuscis. 

 Dull-green Flycatcher, beneath yellow, with the eyebrows and 



spot below the eyes white; the upper part of the abdomen 



white ; the quills fuscous. 

 Muscicapa viridis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 936. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 482. 58. 



Pipra Polyglotta. Wils. Amer. Orn. 1. 90. 

 Merula viridis Carolinensis. Eriss. Orn. 2. 315, 55. 

 Le Merle vert de la Caroline. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 396. 

 Yellow-breasted Chat. Catesb. Carol, l. 5Q.Wils. Amer. Orn. 



l.90.pl. Q.f. 2. 

 Chattering Flycatcher. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. l6Q.<-Lath. Gen. 



Syn. 3. 350. 4?. 



THIS remarkable species is about six inches in 

 length: the wliole of the upper parts of its body 

 are of a rich deep olive green, the tips of the 

 wings and the inner webs of the quills and tail- 

 feathers excepted, which are dusky brown : the 

 throat and breast are of a bright yellow ; under 

 the wings and the sides of the body the same : 

 the belly and vent white : the forehead pale ash : 

 lores black : from the nostrils a line of white ex- 

 tends to the upper part of the eyes, which it nearly 

 surrounds ; another white spot is situated at the 

 base of the under mandible: beak strong and 

 black: legs and feet pale blue: female with the 

 spot between the beak and eyes dull brown, and 

 those parts that are white on the cheeks of the 

 male less pure. 



