190 FLYCATCHER. 



56.— BLACK FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa Lucionensis, Ind. Om. ii. p. 476. 34. Gm. Lin. i. 942. 

 Goube-mouche noir de Lucon, Son. Voy. 58. pi. 27. 2. 

 Black-Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. in. 338. Shaiv's Zool. x. 324. 



SIZE of the Long-tailed Titmouse. Bill black ; irides brownish ; 

 head, throat, and all the upper parts of the body, black, glossed with 

 violet; beneath, from the breast, dusky grey; on the middle of each 

 wing a spot of white; legs black. 



Inhabits the Philippine Isles, and Madagascar : called at the 

 last Tessacourbe. 



A.— -Black Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 172. 



Size and shape of the Goldfinch. Bill black, with whitish edges ; 

 head, neck, breast, belly, and tail, black ; wings the same, marked 

 with a single white spot in the middle ; ends of the greater coverts 

 ferruginous ; some of the prime quills and secondaries edged with 

 yellow ; legs black. 



Inhabits India ; called Grey Peedaw. — Lady Impey. 



57.— PHILIPPINE FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa Philippensis, Ind. Om. ii. 476. Gm. Lin. i. 943. 



Moucherolle des Philippines, Bvf. iv. 565. 



Philippine Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 339. Shaw's Zool. x. 339. 



SIZE of a Nightingale. Plumage above grey brown ; above 

 the eyes a streak of white ; under parts of the body whitish ; at the 

 base of the bill some long hairs. 



Inhabits the Philippine Islands ; also India. — Lady Impey. 



