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The female is smaller, and the colours paler; has no blackish 

 crescent on the throat ; and the under parts are dusky white. 



Inhabits the great forests near the River Gamtoos, the only place 

 where it is found ; it has no crest, but the base of the bill in both 

 sexes is broad and flat, and with hairs at the base ; is only seen on 

 the tops of trees, and spreads the tail as a fan ; and, like others of 

 the tribe, catches flies on the wing ; has a slight cry : the nest never 

 met with. 



77.— DUN FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa Sibirica, Ind. Orn. ii. 482. Gm.'Lln.x. 936. 



Dun Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 351. Arct. Zool.u. 390. A. Shaw's Zool.ix. 411. 



GENERAL colour brown, inclining to ash-colour beneath ; 

 throat and vent spotted with white. 



Inhabits the parts about Lake Baikal, and the East part of 

 Siberia ; observed also at Kamtschatka. 



78.— RED-FACED FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa erythropis, Ind. Orn. ii. 482. Gm.Lin.\. 937. 

 Red-faced Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 351. Shaw's Zool. x. 339. 



THE upper parts of this bird are mottled; the under white; 

 eath the wings rufous ; the forehead red. 

 Inhabits the country about the River Jenisei. 



79.- OBSCURE FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa obscura, Lite Trans, xiii. p. 146. 



LENGTH five inches. Plumage above black, with a steely 

 green gloss; beneath and rump white. In some the colour is 

 brownish grey; the quills deeper, and the tail deep brown. 



Inhabits Java. 



