RED-FACED FLYCATCHER. 



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Mance to the noise made by that instrument : its 

 irides are blueish : the prevailing colour of its 

 plumage is of a dull slaty black : the crown of 

 the head is slightly crested : the chin and throat 

 are varied with dusky white lines ; the tail is 

 wedge-shaped : its beak and legs are black : it is 

 fond of honey. 



PHILIPPINE FLYCATCHER. 



(Muscicapa philippensis.) 



Mu. griseo-fusca, subtus albida, super ciliis albis. 

 Grey-brown Flycatcher, beneath whitish ; the eye-brows white. 

 Muscicapa philippensis. GmeL Sijst. Nat. 1. 943. — Lath, Ind, 

 Orn, 4. 476. 35. 



Le Moucherolle des Philippines. Buff. Hist, Nat, Ois. 4. 565. 

 Philippine Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn, 3. 339. 29. 



Native of the Philippine Islands : it is about 

 the size of the Nightingale : the plumage on its 

 upper parts is grey brown ; on the under whitish : 

 the supercilia are white. 



red-faced flycatcher. 



(Muscicapa erythropis.) 



Mu. supra varia subtus alba^Jronie rubra, sub alis rufa. 

 Flycatcher varied above, and white beneath, with a red fore- 

 head ; beneath the wings red. 

 Muscicapa erythropis. Gmel, &yst, Nat. I, 937. 

 Red^faced Flycatcher. Lath, Gen. Sj/n, 3. 351. 50. 



