PARADISE FLYCATCHER. 



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and form a crest : the back and rump are white : 

 the wing-coverts and tail-feathers the same, with 

 their shafts black : the greater coverts and quills 

 black, fringed with white : the fore-part of the 

 neck, and all the under parts of the body, pure 

 white : tail wedged : legs ash -coloured. It varies 

 in being rather smaller, and in having the upper 

 parts of the body (the top of the neck excepted) 

 pale chesnut, and the neck and breast grey ; the 

 quills and tail-feathers are also pale chesnut : it is 

 likewise observed to have its breast of a blueish 

 ash : the female has the tail-feathers much shorter 

 than those of the male. 



This bird is found in the southern parts of 

 Africa, and is particularly fond of the borders of 

 rivers, as its food, consisting of insects, is most 

 abundant in those situations. 



