MADAGASCAR FLYCATCHER, 



3^1 



stripes : rump nearly the same: wing-coverts with 

 a yellowish and a v/hite bar : cheeks white : throat 

 yellowish white, spotted with brown: breast and 

 belly whitish : sides with black spots : tail brown ; 

 the outer feather with a white spot on the inner 

 web ; second the same, but the spot much smaller ; 

 the next merely edged with white within : legs 

 yellowish : the female has the head greenish yel- 

 low, with the shafts black : the eyebrows yellow: 

 the throat, cheeks, and breast, dirty yellow, varied 

 with oblong brown spots on the sides : in other 

 respects she resembles the male, but has not quite 

 so many spots. Inhabits North America. 



MADAGASCAR FLYCATCHER, 



( iMuscicapa madagascariensis. ) 



Mu. olitacen, gida flava^ jugulo pectoreque/avicantib?is. 

 • Olivaceous Fl3^catcher, with a yellow throat, and yellowish 



jugulum and breast. 

 Muscieapa madagascariensis. Gmc'I. Si/st, Nat. 1. 940. — Lath. 



Ind. Orn. 1. 472. 18. 

 Ficedula madagascariensis major. Briss. Orn. 3. 482. 46. pi, 



24./. 5. 



Le Vira-omb^ de Madagascar. Soymer. Voy. Ind. 2. I98. 

 Madagascar Flycatch<^;r. Lath. Gen. Si/n. 3. 333. 14. 



Called Tectec at Madagascar : it is the size of 

 a Lark : its length is seven inches and a half : its 

 beak is brown : the prevailing colour of its plum- 



