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confirmed. I may add that the ~TT. "_ I 



most common notes that I have ~T I c :> Z 

 heard are these. ^ ^ 



Vieillot, who first described the species by the 

 name of Muscicapa armillata, says that " it in- 

 habits the Antilles, but is very rare in the greater 

 islands." His figure, pi. 42, is poor, both as re- 

 gards form and colour. Mr. S wains on's figure of 

 Myiadestes genibarbis, (Nat. Lib. Flycatchers, pi. 

 13,) if meant for this species, is better as to colour- 

 ing, but neither its form nor attitude is correct. 

 Moreover, as he says, its body is not much larger 

 than that of the robin, and mentions white lines 

 on the black ear-coverts, it is with me a matter 

 of doubt ; especially as he speaks of the intimate 

 resemblance which it bears to our common robin, 

 " not merely in the red colour of the throat," but 

 in form ; a resemblance certainly not discoverable 

 in the living bird. 



The figure in Mr. Gray's Genera of Birds was 

 drawn from one of the specimens procured by me 

 in Jamaica, and is in winter plumage. 



