ACTIVE FLYCATCHER. 415 



THIS bird, according to the account in the Mu- 

 seum Carlsonianum, inhabits the deserts of Africa, 

 between the river Heni and the spring Quamo- 

 dacka: its beak is yellowish : legs black: the pre- 

 vailing colour of its plumage dusky ferruginous : 

 the wings and tail black ; the latter much longer 

 than the body. 



ACTIVE FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa agilis.) 



TMLu.fusco olivacea subtus albida, gutture subriifo, remigibus cau- 

 daque nigricantibus. 



Olive-brown Flycatcher, beneath whitish, with the throat red- 

 dish, the quills and tail dusky. 



Muscicapa agilis, GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 948. Lath. Ind. Or??. 

 2. 486. 77. 



Le Gobe-mouche olive de Cayenne. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois t 4. 

 544. Buff. PI. Enl. 574./. 2. 



Active Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 36O. 68. 



THE Active Flycatcher is four inches and a half 

 in length : its beak is blackish : the upper parts 

 of its plumage are olive brown ; the under dirty 

 white: the throat inclines to rufous: the quills 

 and tail are dusky black ; the latter is rather elon- 

 gated, and is edged with olive brown: legs brown. 

 Inhabits Cayenne, and, like the rest of its tribe, 

 lives upon flying insects. 



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