ACTIVE FLYCATCHER. 415 



This bird, according to the account in the Mu- 

 seum Carlsonianum, inhabits the deserts of Africa, 

 between the river Heni and the spring Quamo- 

 dacka: its beak is yellowish : legs black: the pre- 

 vailing colour of its plumage dusky ferruginous : 

 the wings and tail black ; the latter much longer 

 than the body. 



ACTIVE FLYCATCHER, 

 (Muscicapa agilis.) 



Mu.fusco olivacea subtus albida, gutture subrufo, remigibus cau- 

 daque nigjicantibus, 



Olive-brown Flycatcher, beneath whitish, with the throat red- 

 dish, the quills and tail dusky. 



Muscicapa agilis. Gmel Syst, Nat. 1. g4S.-^Latk. Ind. Orn. 

 2. 486. 77. 



Le Gobe-mouche olive de Cayenne. Buff. Hist, Nat. Ois. 4. 



544.— Buff, PI. Enl. 574.f. 2. 

 Active Flycatcher. Lath, Gen, Syn. 3. 36o. 68. 



The Active Flycatcher is four inches and a half 

 in length : its beak is blackish : the upper parts 

 of its plumage are olive brown ; the under dirty 

 white: the throat inclines to rufous: the quills 

 and tail are dusky black ; the latter is rather elon- 

 gated, and is edged with olive brown : legs brown. 

 Inhabits Cayenne, and, like the rest of its tribe, 

 lives upon flying insects. 



V. X. p. II. 27 



