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GOLDEN-HOODED FLYCATCHER. 
Monacha chrysomela , Swains. 
PLATE XIV. 
Golden-orange ; chin, throat, interseapulars, wings, thighs, 
and tail, velvet-black, glossed on the throat with blue ; be- 
neath the eye a snowy spot. 
Muscicapa chrysomela, Garnoi Less. Zool. de la Coq . 
PI. 18, fa. 
The only specimen yet known of this superb Fly- 
catcher, by far the most beautiful that has yet 
been discovered, was procured by the French natu- 
ralists who accompanied the discovery ship, Co- 
quille, in the thick woods of New Ireland. It is 
now deposited in the Eoyal Museum at Paris, where 
the accompanying figure was made some years ago. 
As nothing is known of its manners, we have only, 
in this place, to describe its plumage. 
The ground colour of the whole bird is of the 
brightest orange, or golden-yellow ; the feathers of 
the head being compact, and forming an obsolete 
crest, as in the typical species of Muscipeta. This 
brilliant colour is relieved by a large patch of the 
deepest black, glossed with blue, in front of the 
