230 FLYCATCHER. 



returns the middle of August, the males coming first ; builds in the 

 brambles, bushes, and thickets; the nest of dry leaves, four or five 

 feet from the ground ; lays four flesh-coloured eggs, spotted with 

 red or brown ; is fond of large black beetles, &c. likewise whortle 

 berries : most numerous on the borders of rivulets ; frequently seen 

 in Guiana and Brazil, but not in the Islands. 



123.— MARTINICO FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa Martinica, Lid. Orn. ii. 483. Lin. i. 325. Gm. Lin. i. 930. 

 Muscicapa Martinica cristata, Bris. ii. 362. t. 36. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 259. 

 Martinico Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 352. Shaw's Zool. x. 377. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill brown, base hairy; feathers of the 

 head and upper parts brown ; those of the crown long, whitish at 

 the base, and when erected into a crest, appear mixed ; under parts 

 ash-coloured; quills brown, with whitish edges; tail brown; legs 

 ash-colour. — Inhabits Martinico. 



A. — Muscicapa albicapilla, Vieill. Am. i. p. 66. pi. 37. 



Length five inches and a half. Bill brown ; legs dusky ; crown 

 of the head white, the feathers elongated, so as to form a crest, and 

 towards the end greenish grey ; plumage in general above greenish 

 grey ; breast white in the middle, and yellow on the sides ; under the 

 wings grey; chin and throat greyish blue ; across the wing coverts 

 two whitish bars; tail brown, nearly even at the end, and the wings 

 reach to about one-third on it. The female is chiefly brown above, 

 and white beneath. 



Inhabits St. Domingo, and the adjacent Islands ; is probably a 

 Variety of the last described, if not differing in sex. 



