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This species I have named after Phillip Brasier, Esq., Brooklyn, Long Island. 



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MUSCICAPA BRASIERII 



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Head rather large; body rather slender, plumage loose? bill broad at the base, 

 rather strong; nostrils partially concealed, eye encircled with pale yellow; upper 

 mandible slightly declinate at the tip, bristles at the base; tarsus and toes slender, 

 claws weak, arched, compressed, acute ; hind toe strongest; tail slightly rounded 

 or graduated, consisting of twelve rather pointed feathers; third and fourth quill 

 about equal and longest, fifth longer than the second, sixth longer than the first ; 

 fore-head and loral space pale yellow, intermixed with dusky; a line of black pas- 

 sing over the head on the hind-neck ; middle space orange, changing to greenish 

 ►yellow as it extends on the hind-neck ; cheeks and sides of the neck greenish 

 yellow; back, scapulars, rump and upper tail- coverts olivaceous; wings and tail 

 brown, margined on the outer webs with greenish ; the entire lower plumage yel- 

 low. Bill horn color, lighter below ; length along the back 5-12, gap 7-12, tarsus 

 10*- 12, middle toe and claw 61-12, wings from flexure 2 4-12, length from bill to 

 end of tail 5 inches. 



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