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another of black ; the upper parts of the body are dull brown, like 

 umber; quills and tail deeper; the under parts white; vent pale 

 yellow ; legs black. 



Inhabits Manilla; common about habitations ; observed frequently 

 to perch on the Guava, of the fruit of which, the natives suppose it to 

 be fond ; but it is more probable, that its search is after the insects 

 which frequent the trees, than the fruit itself. 



A. — Length four inches and a half. Bill and legs pale lead- 

 colour; head black, with two yellowish stripes; one above the eye, 

 the other, broader, beneath ; plumage above brownish yellow ; the 

 whole of the wings, and under parts from the chin to vent, dull 

 yellow; tail brownish ash, rather hollowed out at the end, but not 

 forked. 



Inhabits the coast of Coromandel, — Sir J. Anstruther. 



50— YELLOW-BREASTED FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa melanictera, Ind. Orn. ii. 475. Gm. Lin.i, 941. 



Yellow-breasted Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 336. Brown, III. 80. pi. 82. Shaw's Zool. 

 x. 364. 



LENGTH four inches and three quarters. Bill slender, dusky; 

 head to middle of the crown, all before the eyes, chin, throat, and 

 sides of the last black ; the rest of the plumage above brown, the 

 feathers margined with rufous yellow ; greater quills dusky ; under 

 parts of the body pale yellow, the feathers mixed, or fringed with 

 white ; tail dusky, rather hollowed out at the end, and brown, the 

 feathers with pale, or yellowish margins ; the exterior white on the 

 outer web ; legs black. s 



Inhabits Ceylon, and there called Malkala-kourla ; is much 

 admired for its song, and is often kept in cages for that purpose ; 

 also found at Hindustan, and other parts of India. 



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