MUSCIPETA barbata, 

 Whiskered Flycatcher. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum latum, valde depressum, lateribus aliquando dilatatis, culmiue 

 prominenfe, mandibtihe superiuris apice adunco, plerumque emar- 

 ginato, inarginibiis mandibulce plancc inferioris margines super- 

 plicantibiis. Nares basales, rnembni/id obtectx, apcrtvrd ter- 

 minali, ovatd, vibrissis longis armatd. 



Ob. Pedes mcdiocies tel breves, digito exteriore ad medii articulum 

 secundum annexo, interiore et medio ad basin modo annexis. 



Bill broad, much depressed, the sides sometimes dilated, ridge 

 prominent; tip of the upper mandible hooked, and mostly 

 notched, the margins folding over those of the under man- 

 dible, which is flat; nostrils at the base of the bill covered by 

 a membrane ; the aperture terminal, oval, and defended by 

 long stiff bristles. 



Ob. Feet moderate or short ; the external toe united to the middle 

 as far as the second joint, the inner and middle toes united 

 only at their base. 



Generic Types (Tern.) Todus plumbeus, Muscicapa borbonica, Fla- 

 bellifera, &c. 



Specific Character. 



M. Supra olivacea, subtus fulxa, aured crista (maribus) insignis ; 

 jugulo albido ; uropygio pallidcjiaio ; caudu nigrd. 



Above olivaceous, beneath fulvous, (male,) with a golden yellow 

 crest ; throat whitish ; rump pale yellow ; tail black. 



Muscicapa barbata. Gmelin. i. 933. Lat/t. In. Orn. 2, p. 488. n. 86. 

 mas. 



Whiskered Flycatcher (male). Lath. Syn, 364. 



I ONCE shot a pair of these little birds in the forest of 

 Pitauga, about twenty leagues west of Bahia : this is the 

 only instance which I know of their having Vjeen found in 

 Brazil. The same bird appears, liowever, more freciuent 



PI. 116. 



