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58 —MANILLA FLYCATCHER. 



Gobe mouche de Li^on, Son. Voy. 58. pi. 27. I. 



SIZE and shape of the Long-tailed Titmouse. Bill and legs 

 dusky ; irides reddish ; head, throat, and upper part of the neck 

 behind deep blue; breast and belly slaty grey; lesser wing coverts 

 brown ; quills and tail black ; the two middle tail feathers half as 

 long again as the others. 



Inhabits Manilla. 



59— DELICATE FLYCATCHER. 



Le Mignard, Levail. Afr. iv. 14. pi. 154. 1. 2. 



THIS is the smallest of the Flycatchers of Africa ; perhaps not 

 exceeding four inches in length. Bill black ; general colour bluish 

 grey ; sides of the head and throat white ; from the gape a broad long 

 black streak passes under the eye to the ear ; sides of the belly white ; 

 wings dusky blue, the edges of the feathers pale; on the throat and 

 top of the breast a slight reddish tinge ; and on turning back the 

 feathers, appearing as if slightly wounded : the tail is cuneiform, the 

 two middle feathers black, the others white for the greater part, the 

 outer one mostly so. The female differs, in being paler, and less 

 in size. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope; most abundant in the Caflre 

 country ; said to make the nest in bushes, and to lay white eggs ; 

 feeds on insects and spiders, and has great agility. Its note like 

 Zizizit, uttered continually. 



