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DWARF FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa pygmaea.) • 



Mv.Jusco-cinerea, subtus Jiavescens, capite cerviceque rujis iiigro' 



maculatisy sub oculis fascia pallida. 

 Brown-grey Flycatcher, beneath yellowish, with the head and 



neck rufous, spotted with black ; beneath the eyes a pale 



stripe. 



Muscicapa pygmaea. Gmel. Sysi, Nat, 1. 933. — Lath. Ind. Oni, 

 2. 486. 84. 



Gobe-moucheron. Biiff'. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 554. 

 Le petit Gobe-mouche tachetc de Cayenne. Buff. PI. Enl, 

 831./ 2. 



Dwarf Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 363. 15. 



This is the smallest species of the genus, being 

 scarcely three inches in length : its beak is rather 

 long and dusky : beneath the eyes a pale streak : 

 the head and hind part of the neck are rufous, 

 spotted with black : the back and wing-coverts are 

 bright ash, with pale greenish edges : the wings 

 are black edged with grey: the scapulars and 

 rump are pale ash : all the under parts pale straw- 

 colour : tail short and black : legs flesh-colour. 

 Inhabits various parts of South America. 



