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SANDWICH FLYCATCHER. 



The Purple-throated Flycatcher is about twelve 

 inches in length: its beak is dusky: the chin, 

 throat, and fore-part of the neck, are of a splendid 

 crimson, inclining to purple: the rest of the plum- 

 age and legs black : it is sometimes found without 

 the slightest trace of crimson on the throat. It 

 inhabits Cayenne and other parts of South America: 

 it is gregarious, is very lively, and is said to feed 

 on fruits and insects : it has a sharp note not dis- 

 similar to the word Pihauhaw^ which it frequently 

 utters. 



SANDWICH FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa sandvicensis.) 



yi\j.fusca, subtus superciliisque albidis, pectore Jerrugineo, tectri- 



cibus alarum remigibus rectricibusque lateralibiis apice albis. 

 Brown Flycatcher, with the under parts and eye-brows whitish ; 



the breast ferruginous; the wing-coverts, quills, and outer 



tail-feathers, tipped with white. 

 Muscicapa sandvicensis. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 945. — Lath, Ind, 



Orn. 2. 479. 51. 

 Sandwich Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn, 3. 344. 51. 



This bird is not quite six inches in length : its 

 ' beak is black, with the base yellowish : the fore- 

 head is buff-coloured : supercilia white : the upper 

 parts of the body brown : wing-coverts brown, 

 edged with pale ferruginous and tipped with white : 



