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CRESTED FLY CATCHER. 
(PL XXI.) 
LENGTH 
Seven inches ; bill half an inch, and black ; eye the same ; lashes grey; forehead 
dark glossy blue ; feathers on the crown long and blue, forming a crest erected at 
pleasure; hind head, cheeks, breast, and neck, bright blue; back, rump, wings, and 
tail, light blue ; belly and vent white. 
INHABITS 
The neighbourhood of Sydney; frequenting thick bushes near lagoons and ponds, 
from whence it darts on its prey. This species does not migrate. 
