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STRIPED FLYCATCHER. 



grey brown on the upper, and rich yellow on the" 

 under parts : the eyebrows are yellow ; and be- 

 tween them and the ears the colour bifurcates, 

 and is very faint : the tail is the colour of the up- 

 per parts of the body : the chin and vent are pale 

 yellow : it varies in having the edges of the quills 

 whitish, and the wings brown: the lines above 

 and behind the eye white ; and the tips of the 

 two middle tail-feathers also white : it may pro- 

 bably be the opposite sex. Inhabits New Holland. 



STRIPED FLYCATCHER. 



( Muscicapa striata.) 



Mu. cinereo-virens, dorso nigro striatOy suhius ^avescens, gula 

 lateribusque pectoris Jusco maculatis, rectricibus extimis tribus 

 apice albis. 



Grey-green Flycatcher, with the back striped with black; under 

 parts yellowish; the throat and sides of the breast spotted with 

 brown ; and the three outer tail-feathers tipped with white. 



Muscicapa striata. Phil. Trans, 62. 406, and 428. — Gmel, Syst, 

 Nat. 1. g30.—Laih. Jnd, Orn. 2. 481. 56. 



Striped Flycatcher, fen, Arct. Zool. 2. 877* — Lath, Gen, Syn. 

 3. 349. 46. 



The Striped Flycatcher is in length five inches : 

 its beak is black, with the under mandible yel- 

 lowish at the base : the crown of the head is 

 black : the back of the head varied with black 

 and white : the back is greenish ash, with black 



