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53.— GREY-NECKED FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa grisea, Ind. Orn. ii. 476. Gm. Lin. i. 942. 

 Grey-necked Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 337. Shaw's Zool. x. 404. 



THIS bird is black above ; beneath the fore part of the neck is 

 dark grey ; breast and belly pale red ; across the wing coverts a 

 white band ; tail a little cuneiform ; legs yellowish brown. 



Inhabits China. 



54.— YELLOW-NECKED FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa flavicollis, Ind. Orn. ii. 476. Gm. Lin. i. 942. 

 Yellow-necked Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 337. Shaw's Zool. x. 353. 



LENGTH six inches and a half. Bill red ; forehead,, over the 

 bill, dusky black ; on each side of the jaw a streak of the same, like 

 a whisker; round the ej*e yellowish, continuing in a streak behind, 

 and pointed ; upper parts of the body green ; fore part of the neck 

 yellow; sides of the breast inclining to red; top of the head pale 

 yellow ; belly pale green, with three yellow spots, one above another ; 

 quills dusky, edged with yellow ; tail the same, and much forked; the 

 two middle feathers tipped with white; legs reddish. 

 From China; and called there Quy lum long su. 



55— ORANGE- VENTED FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa fuscescens, Ind. Orn. ii. 476. Gm. Lin. i. 942. 

 Orange-vented Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 338. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill red ; head a trifle crested ; upper 

 part of the plumage pale brown ; the under dusky white ; rump and 

 vent orange; tail somewhat forked; legs purplish. 



Inhabits China. — From the drawings of the late Dr. Fothereill. 



