368 CLASS AVES. 



Muscicapa Flavigaster, Lath. 



Ashy ; beneath yellow ; quills and tail-feathers dull. 

 New Holland*. 



Other Flycatchers have a short broad bill, furnished 

 with strong bristles, and a moderately broad, equal or 

 slightly forked tail. 



Some are found in New Holland ; they form the 

 genus Myiagra of Vigors and Horsfield. 



Myiagra Rubecoloides, V. and H. 



Head gray ; throat and chest red ; belly whitish ; 

 wings and tail brown ; length five inches and a half. 

 New Holland. 



Myiagra Plumbea, V. and H. 



Above brown, lead-colour ; head, nape, and throat, 

 shining lead-blue ; belly and vent white ; length four 

 inches and a half. New Holland. 



Myiagra Macroptera, V. and H. 



Olive-brown above ; beneath whitish ; quill and tail 

 brown ; outer tail-feather, throat, and vent, white ; 

 length five inches. New Holland. 



Some of the Muscicapa belonging to New Holland 

 have a long patulous, rounded tail, whence called fan- 

 tails. They form the genus Riphidura of Vigors and 

 Horsfield. The bristles of the mouth exceed the length 

 of the tail. 



Fan-tailed Flycatcher, Lath. Hist. t. 9. Cop. Gm. t. 

 193. f. 3. Muscicapa Flabellifera, Gmel. 



Brown-black; superciliary and postocular spot, throat 



* Latliam and Vieillot described these birds as Muscicapa. Many of 

 them will probably be found to be Meliphaga. — J. E. G. 



