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N^VOUS FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa naevia.) 



Mu. nigricans subhis pallidiorf dorso medio humerisque albo- 

 nebulosis. 



Dusk)^ Flycatcher, beneath paler, with the middle of the back 



and shoulders clouded with white. 

 Muscicapa naevia* Gmel. Syst. Nat, I. 944. — Lath, Ind. Orn, 



2. 479. 49. 



Noevous Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3, 343. 39. 



According to Dr. Latham, this species is eight 

 inches and three quarters in length : its beak and 

 legs are black : the irides are pale cinereous : the 

 eyelids black : the plumage above dusky black ; 

 below pale dusky : middle of the back and shoul- 

 ders marked with white : legs black. Inhabits 

 New Caledonia. 



COACH-WHIP FLYCATCHER. 



(Muscicapa crepitans. ) 



Mu. cristatd atra-cinerea, cauda suhcuneiformi, gula striis trans- 

 versis albis. 



Dark-cinereous crested Flycatcher, with a wedge-shaped tail, 



and throat with transverse white stripes. 

 Muscicapa crepitans. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. li. 10. 

 Coach-whip Flycatcher. Lath, Syn. Sup, II. 222, 21. 



This singular species has obtained the name of 

 Coach'^whip Bird in New South Wales, from the 

 peculiarity of its note, which has some reseni- 



