GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 179 



MusciCAPA CRIKITA, Linn. Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 325 — Lath. Ind. Ornith. vol. ii. 



p. 485 — Ch. Bonaparte, Synops. of Birds of the United States, p. 67. 

 Great Crested Flycatcher, Muscicapa crinita, Wils, Amer. Ornith. vol. ii. 



p. 75. pi. 13. fig. 2 Kuttall, Manual, part i. p. 271. 



Adult Male. Plate CXXIX. Fig. 1. 



Bill rather long, stout, broader than deep, excepting towards the end, 

 where it is compressed ; upper mandible with the ridge broad and nearly 

 straight, the sides convex, the tip declinate, the edges sharp, with a sinus 

 close to the tip ; lower mandible with the back broad at the base, the 

 sides convex, the ridge rather sharp towards the end, the edges sharp. 

 Nostrils basal, lateral, roundish, partly covered by the bristly feathers. 

 Head rather large, but the general form rather slender. Feet short ; 

 tarsus very short, covered anteriorly with a few scutella, sharp behind ; 

 toes free, scutellate, slender ; claws arched, much compressed, very acute. 



Plumage soft and blended. Feathers of the head pointed and elon- 

 gated. Wings of ordinary length, broad, rounded, the fourth and fifth 

 quills longest. Tail rather long, slightly forked, of twelve rounded 

 feathers. The bristles at the base of the bill strong. 



Bill and legs brownish-black. Iris brown. The colour of the upper 

 parts is dull greenish-olive. Quills and coverts dark brown, the primaries 

 margined with light reddish-brown, the secondaries with white, of which 

 there are two bars across the wing, formed by the tips of the secondary 

 coverts and first row of small coverts. Inner webs of the tail-feathers 

 light ferruginous, as are those of the quills. Sides of the head and neck 

 bluish-grey. The under parts in general lemon-yellow 



Length 8| inches, extent of wings 13 ; bill along the ridge ■^^, along 

 the edge l^ ; tarsus /j. 



The Female resembles the male. 



M 2 



