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gape and eye, and the latter and the ears, are two 

 brown spots : all the upper parts of the body are 

 brown, the feathers lighter on their margins : the 

 wing-coverts and the upper ones of the tail are 

 brown, their edges rufous : the chin is white, and 

 the rest of the under parts bright yellow : quills 

 and tail brown, edged with rufous. Inhabits 

 Cayenne and St. Domingo. 



LUTEOUS FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa lutea.) 



Mu. obscure Jlava tectricibus alarum remigibusque nigricante- 



nebulosis, cauda ad apicem nigricante. 

 Dull-yellow Flycatcher, with the wing-coverts and quills clouded 



with dusky ; the tail dusky at the tip. 

 Muscicapa lutea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 944. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 



478.46. 

 Luteous Flycatcher. Lath. Ind. Orn. 3. 342. 



"LENGTH six inches: beak three quarters of 

 an inch, and lead-coloured; straight, rather stout, 

 and a trifle bent at the tip ; base hairy : irides the 

 colour of the beak : general colour of the plumage 

 like yellow oker, mottled with dusky on the wing- 

 coverts and quills : the tail is one inch and three 

 quarters long, and dusky for one-third next the 

 tip : legs of a pale ash-colour : claws black. This 

 species is common at Otaheite, where it is known 

 by the name of Oo mamao pooa hou." Dr. Latham. 



