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CHATTERING FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa viridis.) 



Mu. obscure viridis subtus lutea superciliis maculaque sub oculh 



candidis, imo ventre sordide albo, rectricibus Juscis. 

 Dull-green Flycatcher, beneath yellovs^, with the eyebrows and 



spot below the eyes white ; the upper part of the abdomens 



white ; the quills fuscous. 

 Muscicapa viridis. Gmel, Syst» Nat. 1. 936. — Lath, Ind, Orn. 



2. 482. 58. 

 Pipra Polyglotta. Wils. Amer. Orn, 1. 90. 

 Merula viridis Carolinensis. Briss, Orn. 2. 315. 55. 

 Le Merle vert de la Caroline. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 396. 

 Yellow-breasted Chat. Catesb. Carol. 1. 50. — Wils. Amer. Orn, 



I. 90.pl. Q.f.2. 

 Chattering Flycatcher. Pen. Arct, Zool. 2. 206. — Lath. Gen, 



St/n. 3. 350. 47. 



This remarkable species is about six inches in 

 length : the whole of the upper parts of its body 

 are of a rich deep olive green, the tips of the 

 wings and the inner webs of the quills and tail- 

 feathers excepted, which are dusky brown: the 

 throat and breast are of a bright yellow ; under 

 the wings and the sides of the body the same : 

 the belly and vent white : the forehead pale ash : 

 lores black : from the nostrils a line of white ex- 

 tends to the upper part of the eyes, which it nearly 

 surrounds ; another white spot is situated at the 

 base of the under mandible: beak strong and 

 black: leg^ and feet pale blue : female with the 

 spot between the beak and eyes dull brown, and 

 those parts that are white on the cheeks of th6 

 male less pure. 



