YELLOW-NECKED FLYCATCHER. 



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part of the latter and breast brown, with yellowish 

 edges : belly and vent pale yellow : crown of the 

 head with an oblong yellow spot. The sexes of this 

 species are generally found together : they build 

 their nests on the naked branches of trees ; it is 

 about one foot in depth, and six inches in dia- 

 meter, with a hole on one side for an entrance. 

 This bird is found in Cayenne : its note is a soft 

 whistle. 



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YELLOW-NECKED FLYCATCHER, 

 (Muscicapa fiavicollis.) 



Mu. supra viridis, vertice areaque oculorum Jiavescentibus, facie 

 nigra, gutture remigum rectricumque margine fiavoy abdomine 

 virescente maculis tribus flams vario. 



Flycatcher above green, with the crown and space round the 

 eyes yellowish ; the face black ; the throat, quills, and tail- 

 feathers, edged with yellow ; the abdomen greenish, varied 

 with three yellow spots. 



Muscicapa fiavicollis. GmeL Syst, Nat. 1. 942. — Lath, Ind. 

 Orn. 2. 476. 32. 



Yellow-necked Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn, 3. 337. 25. 



The Yellow-necked Flycatcher is a native of 

 China: it is In length six inches and a half: its 

 beak and legs are reddish : the forehead and eye- 

 brows are dusky black : from the gape to the eyes, 

 on each side, is a dusky stripe : orbits of the eyes 



