118 YELLOW-THROATED FLYCATCHER. 



no description in Pennant, BufFon, or Latham, that will properly 

 apply to this bird, which may perhaps be owing to the imperfec- 

 tion of the account, rather than ignorance of the species, which is 

 by no means rare. 



The Yellow-throated Flycatcher is five inches and a half long, 

 and nine inches from tip to tip of the expanded wings; the upper 

 part of the head, sides of the neck, and the back, are of a fine yel- 

 low olive ; throat, breast and line over the eye, which it nearly en- 

 circles, a delicate lemon yellow, which in a lighter tinge lines the 

 wings; belly and vent pure silky white; lesser wing coverts, lower 

 part of the back, and rump, asli ; wings deep brown, almost black, 

 crossed with two white bars; primaries edged with light ash, se- 

 condaries with white; tail a little forked, of the same brownish 

 black with the wings, the three exterior feathers edged on each 

 vane with white ; legs and claws light blue ; the two exterior toes 

 united to the middle one as far as the second joint; bill broad at 

 the base, with three or four slight bristles, the upper mandible 

 overhanging the lower at the point, near which it is deeply notch- 

 ed; tongue thin, broad, tapering near the end, and bifid; the eye 

 is of a dark hazel; and the whole bill of a dusky light blue. The 

 female differs very little in color from the male ; the yellow on the 

 breast and round the eye is duller, and the white on the wings less 

 pure. 



