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WHISKERED FLYCATCHER. 



" Size of a Chaffinch : length six inches : ge- 

 neral colour of the plumage olive green on the 

 upper parts ; yellowish white beneath : chin and 

 vent yellow : quills ferruginous : legs dusky. In- 

 habits New Caledonia:" described as above by 

 Dr. Latham. 



WHISKERED ELYCATCHER. 



(Muscicapa barbata.) 



Mu. olivaceo'fusca^ subtus uropygioque virescente-flam, veriice 

 aurantio. 



Olive-brown Flycatcher, beneath and rump greenish yellow ; 

 crown orange. 



Muscicapa barbata. Gmc4, Syst. Nat, 1. gSS.-^Lath, Ind. Orn. 

 2. 488.86. 



Le Barbichon de Cayenne. Buff, PI. Enl. 830./. 1. 2.— Buff. 



Hist, Nat. Ois. 4. 534. 

 Whiskered Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 364. 77« 



The beak of this bird is armed with strong 

 bristles at its base, which are rather larger than 

 the beak itself: the upper parts of the plumage 

 are deep olive brown, the crown of the head, which 

 is orange, excepted : the under parts are greenish 

 yellow : the rump nearly yellow : legs brown : 

 length about five inches : the female has the upper 

 parts blackish brown tinged with green : the throat 

 and upper part of the neck whitish : the lower 



