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but in its thick head, plump body, and lengthened 
feet ; it hears upon its face a flycatcher disguised 
as a robin. That it is not a robin, however, is 
quite evident from its bill, and from those other 
characters, already detailed, by which it becomes 
truly connected by structure with the Fantails, and 
with the true flycatchers. Another of its represen- 
tatives, in this family, is the Conopophaga, pre- 
viously figured; and in this manner we might 
trace its corresponding types* through nearly every 
one of the numerous groups in the feathered 
creation. 
With the exception of the tail, which is more 
lengthened, the size of the body is not much larger 
than that of the robin. The colour above, except- 
ing the wings and the lateral tail-feathers, is clear 
cinereous, and all the under parts, not red, are the 
same, although much paler: there is a whitish 
maxillary stripe bordered by a black line, and the 
ears are black, striped with white lines. The ex- 
ternal edges of the wing-feathers are grey, except 
the terminal half of the primaries, and a black 
band at the basal half of the secondaries ; the late- 
ral tail-feathers are black, having the end of the in- 
ner webs more or less white ; .the outermost is 
almost entirely white, with the outer edge of that 
and the next grey ; the middle pair are wholly ci- 
nereous. The under plumage, from the chin to the 
throat, is bright rufous ; which colour descends a 
little upon the breast, and is bordered on each side 
the chin by the black maxillary stripe, resembling 
