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LESSER 

 CRESTED FL. 



DESCRIPTION. 



PlaCEo 



Leffer Grefted Flycatcher, ArS. Zool. ii. N" 268. 



ACK part of the head crefted : head, neck, and back, of a-, 

 dirty light cinereous green : breafh and belly whitilh, tinged 

 with yellow: wings and tail dufl<y : coverts croffed with two; 

 bars of white : fecondaries edged with white : legs black. 

 Inhabits Nova Scotia. — In the colleftion of Colonel Davies. 



83. 

 HANGING FL. 



Description, 



-Blace.- 



Green Flycatcher, JrG. Zool.W. N° 274. 



X-TEAD cinereous green : on each fide of the bill a yellow fpotr 

 back and wing coverts pale green ; acrofs the laft two white 

 bars ; primaries and tail dufky, edged with green: throat pale ' 

 afh-c41our : middle of the belly white : fides of a fine yellow.. 



Inhabits New Tork, and is a fcarce fpecies. Comes in .May^. 

 breeds, and retires in Auguft. Was fent to England by the name- 

 of Small Green Hanging Bird, 



84. 

 SOCIETY FL. 



De-$cription. 



Place. 



M'ufclcapa nigra, Sparr. Muf. Carlf. pi. 23. 



T ENGTH fix inches. Bill nearly an inch, flout at the bafc,, 

 and a trifle curved towards the point; the bafe befet with 

 briftles. The whole bird is black; but the bill, head, fpace be- 

 tween the fhoulders, and legs, are of a much deeper colour than 

 the reft. The wings reach one third on the tail. 



ln[\2}o\x.s,Otaheite, and other iflands contiguous thereto. I find 

 one fimilar to this among the papers of Sir Jofeph Banks, recorded 

 by Mr. Anderjen. His bird has. a lead- coloured bill, and the hack. 



