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PLATE 



XXXIL 



FIG. I. THE YELLOW-BREASTED FLY-CATCHEIL 



GENUS MUSCICAPA, LIN. SYST. 324, 

 FLY-CATCHER, PEN. GEN. BIRDS 48. 



SIZE, 

 BILL, 

 HEAD, 

 BACK, 



primaries, 

 Breast, 



LEGS, 



INHABITS 



of a Goldfinch. 



grey. 



unci CHEEKS, black. 



and COVERTS of v/ings, cinereous brown, daflied 



with yellow, 

 and TAIL, dufky, edged with 2>ale yellow, 

 and BELLY, of a fine yellow, 

 pale blue. 



Ceylon. Is called malkaHa kourla: fings 

 fweetly ; for which reafon they are frequently 

 kept in cages, and much admired by the 

 natives. 



