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45— LONG-TAILED FLYCATCHER. 



LENGTH twelve inches. Bill black ; head crested and black ; 

 on each side of the jaw a white streak ; upper part of the body deep 

 olive ; breast and belly black brown ; middle of the breast white ; 

 tail cuneiform, the two middle feathers six inches long, the exterior 

 three inches and a half; the three outer ones on each side white at 

 the ends ; legs brown. 



Inhabits New South Wales. — In the collection of Mr. H. Brogden. 



46. - SOCIETY FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa nigra, Ind. Orn. ii. 474. G?n. Lin. i. 947. Mus. Carls, i. t. 23. 

 Society^ Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. Stip. 174. Shaw's Zool. x. pi. 327. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill one inch, stout at the base, and a 

 trifle curved at the point, base bristly; plumage in general black, 

 but the bill, head, space between the shoulders, and legs, are of a 

 much deeper colour than the rest ; the wings reach one-third on the 

 tail. — Inhabits Otaheite, and the Islands contiguous. 



Among the papers of Sir Joseph Banks, recorded by Mr. 

 Anderson, I find one, which has the appearance of a Variety. The 

 bill is lead-coloured, and the back, and wing coverts, incline to 

 brown ; otherwise it is black ; likewise a second, supposed to be a 

 female, the whole of the plumage of which is uniformly black. 



47 —TUFTED FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa comata, Ind. Orn. ii. 474. Gm. Lin. i. 941. 

 Tufted Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 334. Shaw's Zool. x. 331. 



BILL black, and crooked at the point ; head crested ; that, the 

 cheeks, and chin, black ; hind part of the neck, back, wings, and 



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