SAY’S FLYCATCHER. 429 
base, straight ; upper mandible with its dorsal outline nearly straight 
and declinate, to near the tip, which is deflected, slender, compressed, 
and acute, the edges sharp and overlapping, with a slight notch close to 
the tip; lower mandible with the angle short and rounded, the back 
broad, the dorsal line ascending and almost straight, the edges sharp, 
the tip acute. Nostrils basal, elliptical, partly covered by the bristly 
feathers. 
Head of moderate size, ovate; neck of moderate length; body 
slender. Feet short; tarsus with six very broad anterior scutella ; toes 
free, slender; the first stout, the lateral equal; claws long, arched, 
slender, much compressed, very acute. 
Plumage soft and blended. Bristles at the base of the upper man- 
dible slender. Wings rather long, rounded ; primaries tapering, round- 
ed, the outer not sinuated on the inner web, the first half an inch shorter 
than the second, which is half a twelfth shorter than the third, the 
fourth about the same length as the second, the rest moderately gra- 
duated ; secondaries long, broad, rounded. Tail rather long, very 
slightly divaricate and emarginate, of twelve rounded feathers. 
Bill and feet black, basal margin of lower mandible yellow. Iris 
hazel. Upper parts brownish-grey, the head more tinged with brown ; 
upper tail-coverts and tail brownish-black ; wings of a darker tint than 
the back, the feathers margined with greyish-white ; a dusky spot be- 
fore the eye; fore part and sides of neck light brownish-grey, shaded 
into pale brownish-red on the breast and abdomen; lower wing-coverts 
reddish-white. 
Length to end of tail 7 inches, to end of wings 5; ; wing from 
flexure 4,% ; tail 31; bill along the ridge 74, along the edge of lower 
mandible +94; tarsus $$; hind toe 3%, its claw 7%; middle toe 74, its 
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claw 34. 
