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144.— WHISKERED FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa barbata, Ind. Orn. ii. 488. Gm. Lin. i. 933. 

 Le Lindo brun a huppe jaune, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 101. 

 Barbichon de Cayenne, Buf. iv. 534. PL enl. 830. 1. 2. 

 Whiskered Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 364. Shaw's Zool. x. 352. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill broad at the base, and flat, as in the 

 Tody, base beset with hairs, reaching beyond the end of the bill ; 

 the plumage above deep olive brown, but the crown of the head is 

 orange ; under parts of the body greenish yellow ; changing to yellow 

 on the rump; legs brown. 



The female is a trifle larger, the bill less, and with fewer hairs ; 

 upper parts of the plumage blackish brown, tinged with green ; on 

 the crown an oblong yellow spot; throat, and upper part of the neck 

 whitish ; the lower and breast brown, edges of the feathers yellowish ; 

 belly and vent pale yellow : in the PI. enlum. the tail of the female 

 is longer than in the male. 



Inhabits Cayenne ; chiefly seen in pairs ; the nest generally placed 

 on such branches as are least clothed with leaves, and of a large size, 

 being twelve inches deep, and five, or more, in diameter, wholly 

 composed of moss, and is only open on one side, about three or four 

 inches from the top ; the note is a soft whistle. This appears to be 

 the one I have quoted from Azara, which he says inhabits the forests 

 of Paraguay, in preference to the open spots, and though for the most 

 part seen in pairs, is sometimes in small flocks ; but in this case it 

 may be observed, that both sexes are in company. M. d'Azara 

 says the female has no crest, and the yellow colour is mixed with 

 brown. 



