290 YELLOW-THROATED FLYCATCHER. 



to the imperfection of the account, rather than ignorance of the 

 species, which is by no means rare. 



The Yellow-throated Flycatcher is five inches and a half long, 

 and nine inches from tip to tip of the expanded wings; the up- 

 per part of the liead, sides of the neck, and the back, are of a 

 fine yellow olive j throat, breast and line over the eye, which it 

 nearly encircles, a delicate lemon yellow, which in a lighter 

 tinge lines the wings; belly and vent pure silky white; lesser 

 wing coverts, lower part of the back, and rump, ash; wings deep 

 brown, almost black, crossed with two white bars; primaries 

 edged with light ash, secondaries with white; tail a little forked, 

 of the same brownish black with the wings, the three exterior 

 feathers edged on each vane with white; legs and claws light 

 blue; the two exterior toes united to the middle one as far as 

 the second joint; bill broad at the base, with three or four slight 

 bristles, the upper mandible overhanging the lower at the point, 

 near which it is deeply notched; tongue thin, broad, tapering 

 near the end, and bifid; the eye is of a dark hazel; and the 

 whole bill of a dusky light blue. The female differs very little 

 in colour from the male; the yellow on the breast and round the 

 eye is duller, and the white on the wings less pure. 



