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is very agreeable; and it is hence called the Indian night¬ 
ingale. 
46. Mufcicapa afra, the fpotted yellow fly-catcher: 
length eight inches: crown of the head rufous, ftreaked 
with black; wings and tail rufous, quills dufky brown. 
The body pale yellow, marked on the upper parts with ir¬ 
regular dufky fpots ; on the fides of the neck two or three 
dufky blotches, and from the corners of the mouth a 
ftreak of the fame; the under parts are marked with irre¬ 
gular fpots, placed tranfverfely, but in the thighs length- 
wife ; legs dulky afh-colour. Brought from Caffraria, and 
the Cape of Good Hope. 
47. Mufcicapa cana, the afh-coloured fiy-catcher : fize of 
the cinereous flirike; length eight inches and a half; bill 
black; the head, nape, and throat, blackifh afh-colour; 
the neck, and upper parts, of a grey afh-colour ; from the 
brealt to the vent the lame, but paler; vent white; quills 
dulky, with cinereous edges; tail black, with alh-coloured 
tips. Inhabits Madagal'car, and known there by the name 
of hinldmanou. 
48. Mufcicapa Madagafcarienfis, the Madagafcar fly¬ 
catcher : fize of a lark ; length feven inches and a half; 
bill flout and an inch in length ; general colour of the 
plumage olive-green, paleft beneath; throat yellow; on 
the fore-part of the neck and breaft a yellowilh tinge ; 
legs grey. Native of Madagafcar, where it is called liclic. 
49. Mufcicapa undulata, the undulated fly-catcher: 
fize of the nightingale, but Ihorter in the body; head 
blackilh brown ; wings rufous; the reft of the plumage 
compofed of an irregular mixture of whitifh and brown, 
in lhape of waves or fmall fpots. The female has a greater 
portion of white, with a mixture of pale rufous on the 
breaft and belly ; the brown on the various parts of the 
body inclined to grey. Inhabits the Ille of France. 
50. Mufcicapa teftec, the Indian fly-catcher: length 
four inches and three quarters : bill brown ; head, and 
hind-part of the neck, brown, marked with fmall rufous 
fpecks; back, rump, and wings, the fame; throat, and 
fore-part of the neck, dirty white ; from the breaft to the 
vent pale rufous ; quills and tail brown, edged and tipped 
with rufous ; legs brown. The female has thole parts of 
a dirty white, which are rufous in the male. Found at 
the Ifle of Bourbon, where it is called lettec. 
51. Mufcicapa rufi ventris, the rufous-veil ted fly-catcher: 
length of the preceding ; colour black, except the vent 
and under tail-coverts, which are rufous; legs pale red. 
Native of the Ifle of Bourbon. 
52. Mufcicapa comata, the tufted fly-catcher: bill 
black; head crefted ; the cheeks and chin black; hind- 
part of the neck, back, wings, and tail, the fame ; the 
two middle feathers of the laft tipped with white ; rump, 
fides of the neck, breaft, and belly, white ; vent yellow ; 
legs bluifh. Inhabits Ceylon. 
53. Mufcicapa hemorrhoufa, the red-vented fly-catcher: 
length four inches and a half: bill bluifh; head black, 
and (lightly crefted ; neck, and upper parts of the body, 
clouded brown ; breaft and belly white ; vent red ; tail 
black ; legs dufky. Native alfo of the ifland of Ceylon. 
g. Yellow-vented fly-catcher: vent yellow; tail long 
and dufky, crofted near the end with a bar of white. 
Found in the ifland of Java. From the great fimilarity of 
the two, this appears to differ from the laft merely in fex. 
54. Mufcicapa pfidii, the Manilla fly-catcher: lefs than 
a fparrow : bill black ; irides of a pale yellow ; crown of 
the head black ; over the eyes a line of white, extending 
to the hind-head ; from the bafe of the lower jaw to the 
eye another of black. The upper parts of the body are of 
a dull brown ; quills and tail the fame, but deeper ; the 
under parts are white, except the vent, which is of a pale 
yellow; legs black. Inhabits Manilla, and is frequent 
about habitations; and is obferved frequently to perch 
on the guavas, the.fruit of which the natives fuppofe it to 
be fond of; but it is more probable that its fearch is after 
the infedts which frequent thole trees,' 
55. Mufcicapa melaniftera, the yellow-breaftect fly. 
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catcher: fize of a goldfinch: bill grey; head and cheeks 
black ; back and wing-coverts cinereous brown, mixed 
with yellow ; breaft yellow ; quills and tail dulky, edged 
with pale yellow; legs pale blue. Inhabits Ceylon, where 
it is called mcilkala-liourla. It is much admired by the 
natives for its long, and is frequently kept in cages for 
that purpofe. 
56. Mufcicapa nitens, the brilliant fly-catcher: fize of 
the large humming-bird : bill (lender, and long ; head, 
back, and wing-coverts, a bright and beautiful green and 
gold ; tail long, green on the outer webs, dulky within ; 
wings dufky; throat and breaft fox-colour; rump and 
belly yellow. Native of India. 
57. Mufcicapa Sinenfis, the Chinefe fly-catcher: fize of 
the bulfinch : bill black ; irides red ; the head black ; 
over the eye a ftreak of white, arifing from the bill, and 
palling to the hind-head, making a fort of wreath ; the 
hind part of the neck, back, rump, wing-coverts, and tail, 
greenifh grey; the quills yellowilh green ; throat white; 
fore part of the neck and breaft greyifh ; belly and vent 
pale yellow ; legs black. Native of China. 
58. Mufcicapa grilea, the grey fly-catcher: upper parts 
black ; acrofs the wing-coverts a band of white; fore part 
of the neck a lively grey ; breaft and belly pale red ; the 
tail a little cuneiform ; legs yellowilh brown. This like- 
wife inhabits China. 
59. Mufcicapa flavicollis, the yellow-necked fly-catcheri 
length fix inches and a half: bill red ; the forehead dufky 
black ; on each fide the jaw a ftreak of the fame, like a 
whifker ; round the eye yellowilh, paffing in a ftreak be¬ 
hind, where it is pointed. Upper parts of the body green ; 
fore part of the neck yellow, inclining to red on the fides 
of the breaft; top of the head pale yellow; belly pale green, 
marked with three fpots of yellow one above the other; 
quills dufky, edged with yellow; tail the fame, and much 
forked ; the two middle feathers tipped with white ; legs 
reddifh. This is alfo from China, and called there quy~ 
hun-long-fa. 
60. Mufcicapa fiammea, the flame-coloured fly-catcher: 
head, neck, thighs, wings, and tail, black; the middle- 
coverts of the wings, the back, and under parts from the 
breaft, bright flame-colour; there is alfo a mixture of the 
laft in the fecond quills ; and the tips of the tail-feathers 
are of the fame colour ; legs black. The female has the 
head and back afh-coloured ; chin black ; breaft and rump 
orange; the reft of the under parts yellowilh white; the 
wings black, with a bar of orange acrofs the middle ; the 
tail black above and yellow beneath. Found in various 
parts of India. 
61. Mufcicapa fufeefeens, the orange-vented fly-catcher: 
length fix inches : bill red ; head crefted ; upper parts of 
the plumage pale brown ; the under dufky white ; rump 
and vent orange; tail fomewliat forked; legs purplifh. 
Native of China. 
62. Mufcicapa Luzonienfis, the Lugon fly-catcher: fize 
of the long-tailed titmoufe : bill black; irides brawn ; 
head, throat, and all the upper parts of the body, black 
glofled with violet; the under parts, from the breaft, 
dufky grey; on the middle of each wing a fpot of white ; 
legs black. This inhabits the Ifle of Lugon and Mada¬ 
gafcar ; at the laft, the inhabitants call it teffacourbe. 
63. Mufcicapa Philippenfis, the Philippine fly-catcher: 
fize of the nigh tin -ale : upper parts of the plumage grey 
brown ; above the eyes a ftreak of white ; the bafe of the 
bill belet with long hairs ; the under parts of the body 
whitifh. Native of the Philippine iflands. 
64. Mufcicapa caerulea, the azure fly-catcher : general 
colour of the plumage glofly blue, except at the hind part 
of the head, and the breaft, on both which is a black 
fpot; belly, thighs, and vent, bluifh white ; quills and 
tail blue black; the firft edged with blue grey; bill black, 
legs pale reddilh brown. 
Upon this fpecies Vaillant obferves, that Bufftm has im¬ 
properly called it Petit azur, ou Gabe-mouches bleu des 
Philippines, becaufs there are other azure fly-catchers, 
and 
