168 FLYCATCHER. 



16.— BLACK-FRONTED FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa nigrifrons, Ind. Orn. ii. 471. Gm. Lin.\. 939. 

 Black-fronted Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 331. Shaw's Zool. x. 407. 



SIZE of the Coldfinch ; length four inches and a half. Bill 

 dusky ; front and sides of the head black, ending in a point behind 

 the eye ; the rest of the upper parts brown ; chin and throat yellow ; 

 belly olive-brown ; tail the same, except the second middle feathers 

 which are plain brown ; legs black. 



17.— WHITE-TAILED FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa leucura, Ind. Orn. ii. 471. Gm. Lin. i. 939. 

 White-tailed Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 331. Shaiv's Zool. x. 376. 



LENGTH four inches and a half. Bill black, with a few hairs 

 at the base; plumage above olive-brown, in some cinereous grey, 

 beneath white, inclining to brown on the breast; the two middle 

 tail feathers black, the others black and white obliquely ; the outer 

 one nearly all white; legs black. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, and various parts of India ; 

 common about Calcutta, and also at Bengal; there called Chutki, 

 or Tirki. — Dr. Buchanan. 



18— COROMANDEL FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa Ponticeriana, Ind. Orn. ii. 471. Gm. Lin. i. 939. 

 Gobe-mouche de Pondichery, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 198. 

 Coromandel Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 331. Shaw's Zool. x. 375. 



A LITTLE bigger than a Sparrow. Bill black ; the head deep 

 cinereous grey ; over the eye a white streak, reaching almost to the 

 hindhead ; neck behind, back, wings, and tail like the head ; wing 



