21g 
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PARTI. 
COLOURED 
FL. 
DascriPrion. 
DescRIPTiION. 
PLacs. 
PLC A We WER: ee 
Mufcicapa Carolinenfis, Ind, Orn. ii, p. 483. 64. 
Cat or Chicken Bird, Bartr. Trav. p. 288. 
Cat Flycatcher, Gen. Syx. iil. p. 353. 54. 
rr HIS breeds in Penn/ylvania; 1 have likewife received it fronv 
Georgia: it is faid to be very little inferior in fong to the Mocking 
Bird; but as an imitator of others, ic far exceeds it, for it repeats the- 
melodious and variable airs from inftrumental mufic: it will alfo 
often imitate the notes of chickens, and efpecially their cry when in 
diftrefs, infomuch as frequently to put the mother into a great fright 
when no danger is nigh: is an early fonefter, often beginning before 
day-break ; feeds on both infects and fruits; comes in the fpring, and 
breeds there, making the neft in coppices and in gardens, near habi- 
tations: the irides are dark brown. 
Mufcicapa dichroa, Ind. Orn. il. p. 490. 94. 
bicolor, Mu. Carl/. fa/c. it. pl. 46. 
HIS is eight inches in length: bill and legs dufky: the general’ 
colour of the plumage cinereous above, and yellow oker coloured 
beneath: wing coverts hoary on the margins: tail about the fame 
length as the body ; the feathers of it oker coloured and cinereous. 
Inhabits the fouthern parts, of Africa. 
Mufcicapa Javanica, Jad. Ora. ii. p. 490. 95.—Mujc Carl/: fa/. iis pl. 75~ 
IZE of the Spotted Flycatcher: bill and legs black : feathers on 
the upper furface dufky, with. ferruginous margins ;. beneath, or 
the forepart of the neck, a bar of black ; over the eye a line of white = 
tail pretty long, rounded at the end; the four middle feathers whoily 
black ; the others black, with the ends white. 
Inhabits Fava. 
