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Piace. 
60. 
SWALLOW- 
TAILED FL. 
DescRIPTIONe 
Piace, 
Ee: Ta i Cap A ey Cl EMRE y Re 
brown: quills brown, the inner margins * white: tail black, 
greatly forked, the outer feather being nine inches and a quarter 
long, the middle ones not two; all of them are black, but the 
outer one has the exterior web white for half its length from the 
bafe: the legs are black. 
In fome birds the yellow on the .crown is wanting, and thefe 
are juftly fuppofed to be females. 
This fpecies inhabits Canada and Surinam t~ 
Le Moucherolle 4 Queue fourchue du Mexique, Buf. cif. iv. p. 564.— 
Pl, enl. 677+ 
IGGER than a Lark in the body: length.ten inches, of 
which the tail is five. The bill is ftrait, eight lines long, 
comprefied, and weak; the colour of it black: irides red: the 
head and back are light grey, with a little tinge of red: the un- 
der parts of the body white; beneath the wing red; and when 
clofed, a little of this colour appears juft above the bend of it: 
the leffer wing coverts are afh-colour, with pale edges, giving the 
appearance of fcales; the greater coverts marked in the fame 
manner, but blackifh: the quills black, edged with grey: the 
tail is greatly forked, the outer feather is five inches long, and 
the middle ones but two; thefe are all black, edged with rufous 
grey; but the outer ones have the exterior webs white for half 
their length: the legs are black. 
Some of thefe birds have the tail much fhorter. 
Inhabits Mexico. 
* The outer margins are alfo white in fome birds. 
+ The Canadian one has black temples, and a cinereous back; but in that 
from Surinam, the body is black. ~ Liz. 
Mufcicapa 
