394 SANDWICH FLYCATCHER. 



THE Purple-throated Flycatcher is about twelve 

 inches in length: its beak is dusky: the chin, 

 throat, and fore-part of the neck, are of a splendid 

 crimson, inclining to purple: the rest of the plum- 

 age and legs black : it is sometimes found without 

 the slightest trace of crimson on the throat. It 

 inhabits Cayenne and other parts of South America: 

 it is gregarious, is very lively, and is said to feed 

 on fruits and insects : it has a sharp note not dis- 

 similar to the word Pihauhaw, which it frequently 

 utters. 



SANDWICH FLYCATCHER. 



(Muscicapa sandvicensis.) 



Mu../ttscfl, subtus superciliisque albidis, pectoreferrugineo, tectri- 



cibus alarum remigibus rectricibusque lateralibus apice albis. 

 Brown Flycatcher, with the under parts and eye-brows whitish ; 



the breast ferruginous; the wing-coverts, quills, and outer 



tail-feathers, tipped with white. 

 Muscicapa sandvicensis. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 945. 'Lath. 2nd. 



Orn.1. 479. 51. 

 Sandwich Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 344. 51. 



THIS bird is not quite six inches in length : its 

 beak is black, with the base yellowish : the fore- 

 head is buff- coloured : supercilia white : the upper 

 parts of the body brown : wing-coverts brown, 

 edged with pale ferruginous and tipped with white : 



