GREEN FLYCATCHER. 409 



country by the name of Merion Binnion^ or Cas- 

 sowary Bird." 



GREEN FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa nitens,) 



Mu. viridi-aurea, alis atris, gutture pectoreqjie 7i(fis, uropygio 



ahdomineque Jiams, cauda elongata. 

 Golden-green Flycatcher, with the wings duskj'^ ; the throat 



and breast rufous ; the rump and abdomen yellow ; the tail 



elongated. 



Muscicapa nitens. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 942, — Lath. Ind. Orn, 

 2. 475. 29. 



Green Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 336. 22. 



The Green Flycatcher has its head, back, and 

 wing-coverts, of a beautiful variable green-gold 

 colour : wings dusky : throat and breast dun-co- 

 lour : belly and rump yellow : the outer edges of 

 the tail-feathers green, the inner dusky: tail much 

 elongated. Inhabits India. 



