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WREATHED FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa sinensis.) 



Mu. virescente-griseaf suhtus JiavescenSf rostro, capite, pedibusque 

 7iigris, gula alba, collo inferiore pectoreque griseis, superciliis 

 albis. 



Greenish-grey Flycatcher, beneath yellowish, with the beak, 

 head, and feet, black; the throat white; the lower part of 

 the neck and breast grey ; and the eye-brows white. 



Muscicapa sinensis. Gmel. Syst, Nat* 1. 942.- — Lath. Ind, Orn, 

 2. 475. 30. 



Le Gobe-mouche verd^tre de la Chine. Sonner, Voy. Ind. 2. 

 107. 



Wreathed Flycatcher. Lath, Gen. Si/n. 3. 335. 25. 



This bird inhabits China : its beak is black : 

 irides red : eye-brows white : head black : hind 

 part of the neck, rump, wing-coverts, and tail, 

 greenish grey : quills yellow green : fore-part of 

 the neck and breast greyish : the belly and vent pale 

 yellow : legs black : the white line over the eyes 

 is continued to the hind head, giving the bird the 

 appearance of a ring or wreath round that part, 

 from whence it receives its name. 



