210 FLYCATCHER. 



C. — A third Variety has an oblique streak of white on the wings, 

 and most of the outer tail feathers white ; but it is also seen with the 

 tail feathers wholly black. 



D. — This is black above; beneath wholly deep crimson ; forehead 

 white ; on the wing coverts some mottlings of white. 



E. — In a further Variety the general colour of the upper parts is 

 dusky, or cinereous black ; chin, neck before, and breast, crimson ; 

 a spot on the forehead, an oblique, broad, longitudinal streak on the 

 shoulders of the wings, and all the belly and vent white. 



Inhabits Port Jackson, in New South Wales. — General Davies. 

 I observe that, in the male figured in Lewin's work, the belly and 

 vent are white ; and in the female the white parts on the wing, belly, 

 and vent, incline to yellow ; base of the tail in both the same ; the 

 two outer feathers, and the tips of the others white. 



Some other Varieties have also occurred, some having no white 

 on the forehead ; all from the chin scarlet ; belly white ; vent pale 

 red ; tail short, the wings reaching to near the end of it ; whereas in 

 the others they do not reach half way. These differences cannot be 

 well reconciled ; nor can we, from these circumstances, be positive 

 that the whole of the above relate to one and the same species. 



89— SCARLET-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill black, no perceivable hairs at the 

 base ; irides blue ; head, neck, chin, back, wings, and tail, black ; 

 forehead white ; throat and all beneath bright scarlet, paler towards 

 the vent ; thighs dusky ; wing coverts edged with white ; also some 



