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154— BROWN FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa fuliginosa, Ind. Orn. ii. 487. Gm. Lin. i. 932. 

 Gobe-mouche brun de Cayenne, Buf. iv. 536. PL enl. 574. 1. 

 Brown Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 361. Shaw's Zool. x. 393. 



THIS is scarcely four inches long. Bill dusky, with a few hairs 

 at the base ; plumage above dark brown, the feathers with yellowish 

 brown edges ; and those of the quills and tail whitish ones ; the latter 

 even at the end ; under parts of the body whitish ; breast tinged with 

 rufous ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits Cayenne. — One of these had a tinge of green on the 

 upper parts, and of olive-brown on the breast; belly yellowish; 

 quills fringed with reddish yellow. 



155.— ORANGE-BREASTED FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa aurantia, Ind. Orn. ii. 487. Gm. Lin. i. 932. 

 Gobe-mouche a poitrine orangee, Buf. iv. 537. PL enl. 831. 1. 

 Orange-breasted Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 361. Shaw's Zool. x. 348. 



LENGTH four inches and three quarters. Bill flat and broad, 

 colour dusky; head and neck behind greenish brown ; back rufous, 

 with a tinge of green ; tail rufous ; quills black, tinged with rufous ; 

 beneath the body white, except the breast, which is pale orange- 

 colour ; legs pale. 



Inhabits Guiana, frequents the skirts of woods, and Savannas ; 

 is a scarce species. 



156— SLATY FLYCATCHER. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill broad, and stout ; general colour of 

 the plumage similar to that of slate, the under parts paler ; wings 



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