AZURE FLYCATCHER. 



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Slightly-crested Flycatcher, brown above, white beneath, with 



the middle of the quills and base of the tail rose-coloured. 

 Muscicapa rhodoptera. Lath. Ind, Orn. Sup. li, Q. 

 Rose-winged Flycatcher. Lath, Syn. Sup. IL 222» 20. 



The Rose-winged Flycatcher is an inhabitant of 

 many parts of New South Wales : its beak, legs, 

 and upper parts of its body, are brown : the feathers 

 on the crown of the head have somewhat the ap- 

 pearance of a crest, and are slightly spotted with 

 black: the under parts of the body are white : the 

 middle of the greater quills, and the four middle 

 tail-feathers, are rose-coloured 5 the latter are orna- 

 mented with a few black spots. 



azure flycatcher. 

 * (Muscicapa caerulea.) 



Mu. ccerulea nitens, suhtus ccerulescenti alba, macula occipitis 



pectorisque nigra. 

 Shining blue Flycatcher, beneath blueish white, with a spot on 



the hind head, and over the breast black. 

 Muscicapa cserulea. GmeL Syst, Nat. 1. 943. — Lath, Ind. Orn, 



2, 476. 36. 



Le petit Azur. Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois, 4. 554. 

 Le Gobe-mouche bleu des Philippines. Biiffl PI. Enl. 666./. 1, 

 Azure Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 339. — Lath, Syn. Sup. 

 172. 30. 



Inhabits the Philippine Islands and India : its 

 length is six inches : its beak is black : the pre- 



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