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YELLOW-TUFTED FLYCATCHER. 



yellowish, ending in a point behind : upper parts 

 of the body greenish : quills dusky, edged with 

 yellow : top of the head pale yellow : fore-part of 

 the neck yellow, with an inclination to red on the 

 sides of the breast : belly pale green, with three 

 yellow spots : tail greatly forked, dusky, edged 

 with yellow ; the two middle feathers with white 

 tips. 



YELLOW-TUFTED FLYCATCHER. 



(JMuscicapa auricomis.) 



Mu. olivaceaf vertice corpore suhtus maculaque aurium Jlavis,per 



oculos striga alba, 

 Olive Flycatcher, with the crown, under parts of the bodyj and 



spot on the ears, yellow; through the eyes a white stripe, 

 Muscicapa auricomis. Lath. Ind. Orn, Sup. xlix. 1. 

 Yellow-tufted Flycatcher. Lath. Syn. Sup, II, 215. 4. 



This species is called Darwang by the natives 

 of New Holland : it is larger than Sylvia modularis: 

 its beak and legs are black : the prevailing colour 

 of its plumage is olive green on the upper parts, 

 and yellow on the under ; the crown is of this 

 latter colour : from the gape passing through the 

 eyes, and reaching to a tuft of yellow feathers on 

 the ears, is a large patch of black : the outer tail- 

 feathers are yellow. It is very abundant in New 

 South Wales : its nest is fixed upon a slender 



