gives itfelf various contortions, till at length the 
fkin cracks on the furface of the back: imme- 
diately after which, the anterior part of the nymph 
appears at the aperture; and thus forcing it's way 
out by degrees, the head becomes totally ufelefs, 
and is therefore left with the fl<.in. The laft tranf- 
formation of this infeft, or the emancipation of the 
Fly from the nymph ftate, exhibits nothing very 
fingular, being performed in the fame manner that 
other animals of the fame kind undergo thefe im- 
portant revolutions in their lives. 
Fly, Wasp. This infefl is as large as the 
common Wafp, which it flrongly refembles both 
in fhape and colour. The head is fmooth and 
yellowifli; the body is blunt; the joints at the 
edges are a pale yellow; and the fnout is long and 
pointed. 
FLY-CATCHER. A genus of pafleres in 
the Linnaean fyftem, including twenty-one differ- 
ent fpecies; the characters of which are, that the 
bill is almoft triangular, bent inwards, notched on 
both fides, and befet with briftles. 
Fly-Catcher, Common, or Spotted; the 
Mufcicapa Griibla of Linnseus. This bird of 
paffage in Great Britain appears in the fpring, 
breeds up it's young, and then quits the ifland 
about Auguft. It builds it's nefl on the fides 
of trees, towards their middle; and, according 
to Morton's Hiftory of Northamptonfliire, in the 
corners of walls, where fpiders leave their webs. 
When the young brood are capable of flying, the 
old ones retire with them into thick woods, where 
they frolick among the top branches of the trees ; 
dropping from the boughs fometimes in a perpen- 
dicular direftion on the Flies that fport beneath 
them, and rifing again in the fame attitude. They 
feed alfo on cherries, of which they appear to be 
exceffively fond. 
The head of this bird is large, and brov/nllh ob- 
fcurely fpottedwith black; the back is of amoufe- 
colour; the wings and tail are dufl^y; and the inte- 
rior edges of the quill-feathers are edged with pale 
yellow. The bread and belly are white ; the throat 
and fides under the wings are daflied with red; 
and the legs and feet are fliort and black. The 
bill is broad at the bafe, round which grow feveral 
fnort briftles; and it is ridged in the middle. 
Fly-Catcher, Pyed; called alfo the Cold- 
Finch: the Mufcicapa Atricapilla of Linnaeus. 
This fpecies is very rare in England. It is fmaller 
than the hedge-fparrow ; the bill and legs are 
black ; the forehead is white ; the head, cheeks, and 
back, are black; the coverts of the tail are fpotted 
with white; and thofe of the wings are duflcy tranf- 
verfely barred with white. The quill-feathers are 
alfo duiky ; the exterior fides of the fecondaries are 
v/hite, and the interior dufky; the middle feathers 
of the tail are black, the exterior being marked 
with white; and the entire under-fide of the body 
is white. 
The female differs from the male in having a 
duflcy brown head, of which colour likewife is the 
whole upper part of her body; the white in her 
wings is lefs confpicuous than in the male; and the 
under-fide of her body is a dirty white, 
Fly-Catcher, Blue. The bill of this birci 
is- black ; the crown of the head, the back part of 
the neck, the back, rump, and covert-feathers of 
the wings, are blue inclining to (late-colour; the 
tail and quill-feathers of the wings are duflcy, but 
the outer quills are white at their bafes. The 
throat and fides of the head are black, and the 
PLY 
fame colour extends from each fide of the neck to 
the wings ; the covert-feathers under the tail are 
entirely v/hite ; and the legs and feet are of a dufky 
brown hue. This fpecies is a native of America^ 
and is probably a bird of paffage. 
Fly-Catcher, Green Black-Cap. This 
bird has a flender bill, of a moderate length, incur- 
vated and fharp at the point, of a dufky colour 
above, and lighter belov/; both mandibles, how- 
ever, being yeilowifh near their bafes. The crown, 
fides, and hinder part of the head, are covered 
v/ith a cap of black plumage, having an angle un- 
der each eye ; the throat down to the bill, and the 
whole remaining part of the bird, are of one uni- 
form blue-green colour, except the greater quills 
of the wings, which become blackiffi at their tips; 
and the legs and feet are of a dark lead-colour. 
Fly-Catcher, Green, Blue-Headed. This 
fpecies is a native of Surinam; and the bill refem- 
bles that of the former bird, being of a light cine- 
reous colour above, and dark below. The top and 
fides of the head are a light blue; part of the throat 
under the bill is v/hite ; the neck, the entire body, 
and the tail, are a yeilowifh green ; on each fide of 
the fcapulars there is a roundifh blue fpot; the 
covert-feathers and quills refemble the colour of 
rhe body, except the greater quills, which are 
blackifli; the under-fide of the tail is duiky; and 
the legs and feet are of a faint yellow hue. 
Fly-Catcher, Green Indian. This fpecies 
has a duflcy bill, a little inclining to yellow near 
the head; the top of the head, the upper fide of 
the neck, and the back, are of a dark green colour; 
the rump and upper coverts of the tail are a lighter 
green ; and the fides of the head, the throat, breait, 
belly, thighs, and covert-feathers under the tail, 
are yellow clouded with green. ' The wings are 
dark brown, or black ; a few of the quills are yel- 
low on the edges of their webs ; the firfl and fe- 
cond row of covert-feathers have white tips, which 
form two tranfverfe bars on each wing; the tail is 
of the fame colour as the back ; and the legs, feet, 
and claws, are a dark brown or black. This bird 
is a native of Bengal in the Eaft Indies, and was 
firft defcribed by Edwards. 
Fly-Catcher, Olive-Coloured. This bird 
was firft imported from Jamaica; where it is known, 
according to Dr. Brov/ne, by the fingular appella- 
tion of Whip-Tom-Kelly, which words it's note 
feems to exprefs. The bill is flender, the point of 
the upper chap bending downwards, and hanging 
a little over the lower, of a dufky hue above, and 
inclining to a flefh-colour beneath. A duflcy line 
runs from the bill towards the neck; the top of the 
head, the upper fide of the neck, and the whole 
back, wings, and tail, are of a brownifh green or 
dark olive-colour; and the entire under-fide, from 
the bill to the covert-feathers beneath the tail, is of 
a whitifh hue a little clouded with light olive. The 
inner coverts, and the ridges of the wings, are alfo 
whitifli; but the infides of the quill-feathers of the 
wings, and the under-fide of the tail, are cinereous. 
The legs and feet, which are fimlhr to thofe of 
other fmall birds, are blackifh or duflcy. 
Fly-Catcher, Yellow-Rumped. The bill 
of this bird is flender, a little incurvated at the 
point, and of a duficy cinereous colour, but fome- 
what lighter at the bafe. The top and fides of the 
head round the eyes are of a cinereous colour, 
which gradually becomes an olive-green on the 
hinder part of the neck and back, v/here there are 
feveral blackifli fpots. The throat, breafl, and 
rump. 
