SPOTTED YELLOW FLYCATCHEIl. 355 



branch of a tree, to secure it from the attacks of 

 those animals that would otherwise plunder it for 

 sustenance. 



SPOTTED YELLOW FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa afra.) 



Mu. sordide flavescens atro-maculata, vertice rufo atro striatOy 

 Cauda alisque ntfis, his margine fuscis. 



Pale Yellow Flj'catcher, spotted with dusky ; the crown rufous, 

 striped with black ; the wings and tail rufous^ with their mar- 

 gins brown. 



Muscicapa afra, Gmel. Si/st, Nat, 1. gAO.-^Lath, hid, Orri, 2. 

 472. 15. 



Spotted Yellow Flycatcher. Lath, Gen, Syn, 3. 332. 12. 



Described by Dr. Latham as being " eight 

 inches in length : beak somewhat broad at the 

 base, slightly curved at the tip, and bristly at the 

 gape : the crown of the head rufous, streaked with 

 black : wings and tail rufous^ the first edged with 

 rusty brown : quills dusky brown : the body of a 

 dirty pale yellow, marked on the upper parts and 

 the neck with irregular dusky spots : on the sides 

 of the neck two or three dusky blotches, and from 

 the corners of the mouth a streak of the same : 

 the under parts are marked with irregular spots, 

 for the most part placed transversely, but in the 

 thighs lengthwise : legs dusky ash-coloured. From 

 the Cape of Good Hope." 



