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country by the name of Merlon Binnion, or Cas- 

 sowary Bird." 



GREEN FLYCATCHER. 



(Muscicapa nitens.) 



Mu. viridi-aurea, alis atris, gutture pectoreque rufis, uropygio 



abdominequejlavis, cauda elongata. 

 Golden-green Flycatcher, with the wings dusky; the throat 



and breast rufous ; the rump and abdomen .yellow ; the tail 



elongated. 

 Muscicapa nitens. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 942. Lath, Ind. Orn. 



2. 475. 29. 

 Green Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 336. 22. 



THE Green Flycatcher has its head, back, and 

 wing-coverts, of a beautiful variable green-gold 

 colour : wings dusky : throat and breast dun-co- 

 lour : belly and rump yellow : the outer edges of 

 the tail-feathers green, the inner dusky: tail much 

 elongated. Inhabits India. 



