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WHITE-FRONTED FLYCATCHER. 



dinal streak on the wings, and all the belly and 

 vent white. 



This bird is not only common in the sequestered 

 parts of Norfolk Island, but is also found at Port 

 Jackson and its vicinity, but not very numerous 

 in the latter place. 



WHITE-FRONTED FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa albifrons.) 



Mu. supra nigro-^usca, jugulo et pectore sordide albis, abdomine 



dilute Jerriigineo,Jronte albida, pedibus nig^is. 

 Flycatcher above black brown^ with the jugulum and breast 



dull white ; the abdomen pale ferruginous ; the forehead 



white, and feet black. 

 Muscicapa albifrons. Gmel. Syst, Nat, 1. g48. — Lath, Ind, Orn, 



2. 469. 5. 



White-fronted Flycatcher. Lath, Gen, Syn, Sup. 1^5, 



The White-fronted Flycatcher is very similar 

 to the Pied Flycatcher, but differs in many re- 

 spects : it is near six inches in length : its beak is 

 black : its forehead dusky white : the hinder part 

 of the head, nape, shoulders, and wing-coverts, 

 dull black ; primaries dusky brown, with rusty 

 margins : secondaries black : fore-part of the neck 

 and breast dusky white, with brown shafts to the 

 feathers: under parts of the body pale ferruginous: 

 tail-feathers and legs black; the former about two 

 inches in length. Inhabits the country about the 

 Cape of Good Hope. . ^ 



