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MUSCICAPIDiE. 



a. Rectrkibus intermediis mx elongatis. 



a. The middle tail-feathers scarcely elongated. 



Sp. 1 . Mu. parva. Becks. Temm, Man. d'Orn. \02>. Id. 2 Ed. 

 1.159. 



Mu. riifesceris tectricibus alarum riifo macidatis ; orbitis gulaque 



Jlavescente-albis ; cauda nigricante-^usca. 

 Reddish Flycatcher with the wing-coverts spotted with red ; the 



orbits and throat yellowish-white ; the tail dusky-brown. 

 Small Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Hist. vi. 158. 



Inhabits Germany in the spring. Length four 

 inches and a half : at the base of the beak some very 

 long hairs : the plumage above reddish, inclining to 

 rufous towards the rump : quills edged within and 

 without with rufous : the greater and middle wing- 

 coverts marked with a small rufous spot at the ends : 

 round the eyes and the throat yellowish-white : the 

 tail dusky-brown : the side feathers white from the 

 base, towards the end brown, shaded with rufous on 

 the outer webs : the female does not differ from the 

 male : the young are more rufous. 



Sp. 2. Mu. azurea. 



Mu. azurea, infra rufo-aurantia aut alba ; Jemoribus alis can- 



ddque subtus albis. 

 Azure Flycatcher beneath rufous-orange or white; with the 



thighs, wings, and tail beneath, white. 

 Le Gobe-mouche Azuroux. Le Vaill. Ois.d'Afriq, iv. pi. 158. — 



Celestial Flycatcher. Lath, Gen. Hist. vi. 201. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. Size of M. 

 atricapilla : beak and legs brownish : irides bright 

 orange : general colour azure-blue above, bright ru- 

 fous-orange beneath: the thighs, and beneath the 

 wings and tail, white. The female is smaller, the 



