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ROBIN FLYCATCHER. 
Mascicapa rubecola, Swains. 
PLATE XXVII. 
The only specimen we have ever seen of this very 
remarkable bird, is the one already alluded to as 
existing in the Royal Museum at Paris ; and, as 
every particular respecting its structure must he 
highly interesting, we shall here transcribe our ori- 
ginal description, verbatim, as written when the 
specimen was before us. 
Size and colour of the robin, which it so closely 
resembles, that it might easily pass for that bird : — 
hill rather larger, straight, but abruptly bent at the 
tip ; the base broad, but not dilated ; culmen 
elevated and straight ; the sides compressed ; go- 
nys ascending ; rictus as much bristled as in the 
European Flycatchers; wings moderate, reaching 
to half the length of the tail ; the first quill very 
short, the second equal to the seventh, the fourth 
and fifth longest ; tail moderate, slightly rounded ; 
tarsi (for a Flycatcher) rather long, pale ; anterior 
and lateral scales entire; outer and inner toes nearly 
equal ; the inner slightly connected at the base, hut 
the outer and middle toe are connected beyond the 
