FLAMMEOUS FLYCATCHER. 



age is olive green, with the under parts of the 

 body darkest : the throat is yellow : the fore-part 

 of the neck and breast are tinged with yellowish : 

 the legs are grey. 



FLAMMEOUS FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa flarnmea.) 



Mu. nigra, dorso, tectricibus alarum minoribus, pectore, crisso, 

 remigum secundariarum margine, rectricumque apice, aurantiis. 



Black Flycatcher, with the back, lesser wing-coverts, breast, 

 vent, edges of the secondary quills, and tips of the tail-fea- 

 thers, orange-coloured. 



Muscicapa flammea. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 474. 23. Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. 1. 942. 



Flammeous Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 338. Lath. Syn. 

 Sup. 171. 26. 



THE male of this bird is thus described by Dr. 

 Latham. " Length six inches : the beak black, 

 with a slight notch near the tip: the plumage 

 on the upper parts black : rump and upper tail- 

 coverts a fine glowing orange : chin and sides of 

 the head, beneath the eye, black : from the breast 

 to the vent orange : vent yellowish white : thighs 

 black : tail very cuneiform in shape ; the two mid- 

 dle feathers three inches in length ; the outer one 

 but an inch and a half; colour black j the ends 

 of all, except the four middle feathers, more or 

 less orange-coloured : legs black." The female 



