372 FLAMMEOUS FLYCATCHER. 



age^ IS olive green, with the under parts of the 

 body darkest : the throat is yellow : the fore-part 

 of the neck and breast are tinged with yellowish : 

 the legs are grey. 



FLAMMEOUS FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa fiaramea.) 



Mu. nigra, dorsoy tectricibus alarum minoribus, pectore, crisso, 

 remigum secundariarum margine, rectricumque apice, auraniiis. 



Black Flycatcher, with the back, lesser wing-coverts, breast, 

 vent, edges of the secondary quills, and tips of the tail-fea- 

 thers, orange-coloured. 



Muscicapa flammea. LatL Ind. Orn. 2. 4f4. 23. — Gmel, Syst. 

 Nat. 1. 942. 



^ Flammeous Flycatcher. Lath, Gen, Syn, 3. 338. — Lath, Sijn, 

 Sup, 171. 26. 



The male of this bird is thus described by Dr. 

 Latham. Length six inches: the beak black, 

 with a slight notch near the tip : the plumage 

 on the upper parts black : rump and upper tail- 

 coverts a fine glowing orange : chin and sides of 

 the head, beneath the eye, black : from the breast 

 to the vent orange : vent yellowish white : thighs 

 black : tail very cuneiform in shape ; the two mid- 

 dle feathers three inches in length ; the outer one 

 but an inch and a half ; colour black ; the ends 

 of all, except the four middle feathers, more or 

 less orange-coloured: legs black." The female 



