202 FLYCATCHER. 



72— COCHIN-CHINA FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa Coch'msinensis, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. Hi. 



Cochin-china Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. Add. 374. Shaw's Zool. x. 379. 



LENGTH four inches and three quarters. Bill dusky, sharp at 

 the end, as in the Goldfinch, but less stout, and furnished with several 

 hairs at the base; crown, nape, and hind part of the neck, back, and 

 wings, olive-brown, darker on the forehead ; sides level with the 

 eye, and all beneath to the vent, pale fulvous, lighter about the 

 throat and neck; quills dusky; on the outer edge of the wing a 

 white spot; tail brown, but paler than the back, and greatly cunei- 

 form ; the two middle feathers two inches long, the outer five-eighths 

 of an inch ; the three outer ones white at the ends, with a crescent 

 of black just within the white; legs pale red. 



Inhabits Cochin-China. 



73.— CRESTED SENEGAL FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa cristata, Ind. Orn.W. 470. Gm.Lin.'i. 938. 



Senegalensis cristata, Bris. ii 422. t. 39. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 274. 



Gobe-mouche huppe du Senegal, Buf.'w. 530. PL enl. 573. 2. 

 Le Tchitrec, Levail. Afr. iii. 203. pi. 142. 1. 2. pi. 143.— the nest. 

 Crested Senegal Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 329. Shato's Zool. x. 325. 



SIZE of the Goldfinch, but longer in proportion ; the total 

 length of the male is twelve inches ; the two middle tail feathers 

 exceeding the others by six inches ; the bill is bluish, with some hairs 

 at the base ; the head, throat, and fore part of the neck, glossy, or 

 steely black, changing to green in some lights ; the feathers narrow 

 and long, forming a crest ; plumage on the upper parts of the neck, 

 wing coverts, scapulars, back, and rump, rufous chestnut; breast 

 and under parts deep ash-colour ; greater coverts and quills brown, 



