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BUFF-BODIED FLYCATCHER. 
Hyliota flavigaster , Swains. 
PLATE XXVIII. 
Plumage, in the male, glossy blue-black ; in the female, ci- 
nereous; beneath, in both, ocliraceous yellow; wing-co- 
vers and rump with a band of white. 
Hyliota flavigaster, West. Afr. Birds , ii. 
As we have given a full description of this species 
in the work above quoted, a shorter one will here 
suffice. The male has the upper plumage deep and 
glossy blue-black, where that of the female is deep 
grey, inclining to cinereous ; the quills are paler and 
browner, but their outer edges are glossy ; the sides 
of the head and ears are like the back ; the feathers 
of the rump are long, soft, and pure white ; but 
the tail-covers are small and glossy black. The 
female has the quills, and some of the lateral tail- 
feathers, with a narrow whitish margin. In both 
sexes, the greater and lesser wing-covers are pure 
white, continued, in the female, in a stripe along 
one or two of the tertials ; the under parts are buff- 
yellow, deepest on the breast, and lightest in the 
female ; bill and feet black. 
Total length, 5 inches ; bill, gape, T 7 S ; front, 
not quite } 2 ; wings, 2 1 7 s ; tail beyond, ; base, f ; 
tarsus, t 7 „. 
