MADAGASCAR FLYCATCHER. 



stripes : rump nearly the same : wing- coverts with 

 a yellowish and a white bar : cheeks white : throat 

 yellowish white, spotted with brown : breast and 

 belly whitish : sides with black spots : tail brown ; 

 the outer feather with a white spot on the inner 

 web ; second the same, but the spot much smaller ; 

 the next merely edged with white within : legs 

 yellowish : the female has the head greenish yel- 

 low, with the shafts black : the eyebrows yellow : 

 the throat, cheeks, and breast, dirty yellow, varied 

 with oblong brown spots on the sides : in other 

 respects she resembles the male, but has not quite 

 so many spots. Inhabits North America. 



MADAGASCAR FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa madagascariensis. ) 



Mu, olivacea, gulaflava,jugulopectorequejlamcantibus. 

 Olivaceous Flycatcher, with a yellow throat, and yellowish 



jugulum and breast. 

 Muscicapa madagascariensis. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 940. Lath. 



Ind. Orn. 1. 472. 18. 

 Ficedula madagascariensis major. Briss. Orn. 3. 482, 46. pi. 



24. / 5. 



Le Vira-ombe de Madagascar. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. 198. 

 Madagascar Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 333. 14. 



CALLED Tectec at Madagascar : it is the size of 

 a Lark : its length is seven inches and a half: its 

 beak is brown : the prevailing colour of its plum- 



