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ever, examined into this matter with his usual accuracy, he would 

 have found, that the Muscicapa olivacea, and the soft and tender 

 songster he mentions, are two very distinct species ; and that both 

 the one and the other actually build very curious pendulous nests. 



This species is five inches and a half long, and seven inches 

 in extent ; crown ash, slightly tinged with olive, bordered on each 

 side with a line of black, below which is a line of white passing 

 from the nostril over and a little beyond the eye ; the bill is longer 

 than usual with birds of its tribe, the upper mandible overhanging 

 the lower considerably and notched, dusky above, and light blue 

 below; all the rest of the plumage above is of a yellow olive, re- 

 lieved on the tail and at the tips of the wings with brown ; chin, 

 throat, breast and belly pure white ; inside of the wings and vent 

 feathers greenish yellow; the tail is very slightly forked; legs and 

 feet light blue; iris of the eye red. The female is marked nearly 

 in the same manner, and is distinguishable only by the greater ob- 

 scurity of the colours. 



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