188 FLYCATCHER. 



51— GREEN FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa nitens, Ind. Orn. ii. 475. Gin. Lin. i. 942. 

 Green Flycatcher, Gen. Syn.Wi. 336. Shaiv's Zool. x. 409. 



SIZE of a large Humming-Bird. Bill slender, rather long ; 

 head, back, and wing-coverts variable green and gold ; tail long, 

 dusky, with the outer webs green ; wings dusky ; throat and breast 

 fox-colour; rump and belly yellow. 



52.-NITID FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa nitida, Ind. Orn. ii. 489. 



Nitid Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. Sup. 173. Shaw's Zool. x. 38S. 



SIZE small. Bill black, beneath yellow; tongue lacerated; 

 plumage pale green; wing-coverts edged with white; quills and tail 

 dusky, the feathers edged with yellow ; over the eye a conspicuous 

 line of white; legs brown. 



The female is much the same, but the white over the eye not very 

 plain. — Inhabits China and India. At Bengal it is called Zerd 

 Futki, or Phodgy. 



A. — Length four inches and a half. Bill, as in the other, some- 

 what triangular at the base, and a trifle curved at the point ; irides 

 dusky ; head, neck, and upper part of the breast, cinereous, darker 

 on the crown ; back and wings green, inclining to yellow on the 

 rump; belly and vent pale yellow, tinged with green on the breast; 

 quills blackish, with yellow edges; tail nearly even, or a trifle 

 hollowed at the end ; legs dull flesh-colour. 



Inhabits India, found at Bengal with the other, and is also called 

 Zurd Footkee ; seen at Calcutta, in dry seasons. — Dr. Buchanan. 



