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eyr ; there is a black collar round the neck ; the under 

 pats are of a yellowish rust colour. The tail is wide, the 

 two central feathers black, the others white. It is said to 

 be so familiar that it will sit upon a person's shoulder and 

 pick off the flies. It is always on the wing in pursuit of 

 insects, and flies with its tail spread. 



THE CHATTERING FLYCATCHER, 



Is about six inches in length ; the upper parts of the body 

 are of a deep and rich olive-green, excepting that some of 

 the feathers are tipt with dusky brown. The under parts 

 are yellow : with the eyebrows, spots beneath the eyes and 

 upper parts of the abdomen, white. This bird abounds in 

 North America during the summer season. It haunts 

 bushes of hazel, bramble, or other underwood ; where it 

 defends itself from encroachers by its strange tones, mimic- 

 ing almost every noise it hears. Its nest is placed about 

 four feet from the ground, and is composed of dry leaves, 

 with layers of grape-vine bark, and a lining of fibrous roots 

 and dried grass. The female lays four flesh-coloured 

 eggs, with brown and dull-red spots. The male is peculi- 

 arly noisy whilst the female is sitting. They feed on 

 whortle-berries and the larger coleopterous insects. 



THE AZURE FLYCATCHER, 



A native of India and the Phillippine islands, is of a shining 

 blue above, and blueish white beneath : with a black spot 

 on the back of the head and over the breast. 



THE GREEN FLYCATCHER 



Inhabits India ; it is of a beautiful green-gold colour ; dun- 

 coloured on the throat and breast, and yellow on the belly 

 and rump. 



