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TUFTED FLYCATCHER. 

 4Muscicapa comata.) 



Mu. nig7'a, capite cristato, subtus, uro-pygio^ rectricumque inter ' 



mediarum apice albo, crisso Jiavo. 

 Black Flycatcher, with the head crested ; the under parts, 



rump, and the tips of the middle tail feathers, white; the 



vent yellow. 



Muscicapa comata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. — Lath. Ind. Orn, 

 2. 474. 25. 



Tufted Flycatcher. Lath. Gen, Syn, 3. 334. 18. 



The Tufted Fly catcher is an inhabitant of Cey- 

 lon : its beak is black : its head crested, and, 

 with the cheeks and chin, black : the hinder parts 

 of the neck, upper parts of the body, wings, and 

 tail, the same ; the two middle feathers of the 

 latter with white tips : the legs ash -coloured : the 

 sides of the neck, breast, belly, and rump, white : 

 vent yellow. 



