MUSCICAPA. 
208 
and is by Dr. Turton confidered as the female of that 
fpecies 
80. Mufcicapa bicolor, the two-coloured fly-catcher: 
forehead, fides round the eyes, fore part of the neck, 
rump, and under parts of the body, white ; the reft of the 
plumage black, except the baftard wing, which is white, 
and a bar of the fame on the greater coverts; the tail is 
black, but all the feathers are tipped with white. In¬ 
habits Cayenne. 
| 2 . M. alba: white; the hind part of the head and neck, 
the wings and tail, and rump, black ; the edges of the 
lecondaries, bordered with white; bill and legs black. 
The female is of an uniform grey colour. Inhabits the 
moift meadows of Guiana, where it is called gillit. 
81. Mufcicapa Carolinenfis, the Carolina fly-catcher, 
or cat-bird : length eight inches : bill black ; upper parts 
of the body and wdngs deep brown; the under afh-co- 
loured ; crown of the head black ; under tail-coverts 
dirty red; tail blackifh ; legs brown. This is found in 
Virginia in the fummer feafon, where it builds its neft : 
the eggs are blue. It frequents the ill rubs rather than 
tall trees, and feeds on infects : its cry refembles that of 
a cat, whence the name given it by Catefby. 
82. Mufcicapa ochroleuca, the golden-throat fly-catcher: 
crown of the head, upper part of the neck and body, dull 
olive : throat and ridge of the wing of a very rich golden 
yellow'; breaft and belly white, tinged with yellow; pri¬ 
maries and tail bright olive-green. Native of New York. 
83. Mufcicapa nitida, the delicate fly-catcher: very 
fmall : bill black; plumage pale green; wing-coverts 
edged with white ; quills and tail duficy, with yellowifh 
edges; legs black. Native of China. 
84. Mufcicapa atra, the dulky fly-catcher: head dufky; 
back a dull cinereous olive ; quills and fecondaries dufky, 
the laft edged with white; breaft pale afli-colour ; belly 
whitifli yellow; tail dulky; legs black. Brought from 
New York, by the name of Pliaby bird, or bee-eater. It 
appears the latter end of March, or beginning of April: 
lays five fmall white eggs, and difappears in Auguft. 
Preys chiefly on bees. 
85. Mufcicapa Novseboracenfis, the New York fly¬ 
catcher: head cinereous green ; on each fide of the bill a 
yellow lpot; back and wing-coverts pale green; acrofs 
the laft two white bars; primaries and tail dufky, edged 
with green ; throat pale afli-colour; middle of the belly 
white ; fides-fine yellow. Inhabits the ftate of New York, 
and is a lcarce fpecies. Comes in May: breeds, and re¬ 
tires in Auguft. It was lent to England by the name of 
fmall green hanging-bird. 
86. Mufcicapa paflerina, the paflerine fly-catcher: up¬ 
per parts of the body dufky black : beneath whitifli; tail 
black. Inhabits the ifland of Tanna, in the Pacific 
Ocean. 
87. Mufcicapa Acadica, the fmall crefted fly-catcher: 
crefted: head, neck, and back, light cinereous green; 
breaft and belly wliitifn, tinged with yellow; wings and 
tail dufky; coverts crofted with two bars of white; fe¬ 
condaries edged with white ; legs black. Inhabits Nova 
Scotia. 
88 . Mufcicapa aedon, the long-tailed fly-catcher: length 
eight inches : rufty brown; beneath yellowifh white; 
middle tail-feathers long, fubequal, the outmoft each fide 
much fhorter. Inhabits Dauria; and fings in the night 
very charmingly. 
89. Mufcicapa Novae Hollandiae, the New-Holland fly¬ 
catcher : length feven inches: plumage brown, beneath 
whitifli; under the eyes each fide as far as the ears a yel¬ 
low ftreak; bill yellowifh, dilated at the bafe; tail a little 
forked. Inhabits New Holland. 
90. Mufcicapa ferruginea, the ferruginous fly-catcher: 
general plumage rufous: beneath whitifli yellow; chin 
white; wings black, edged with rufty; tail-feathers be¬ 
neath glaucous, above black, edged with brownifli, the 
outmoft fhort, white; bill black, the mandibles edged 
with brown ; legs brown. Inhabits Carolina: five inches 
2nd a half long. 
91. Mufcicapa nigra, the black fly-catcher: length fis 
inches; bill nearly an inch: the whole bird is black; 
but the bill, head, fpace between the fhoulders, and legs, 
are of a much deeper colour than the reft. The wings ex¬ 
tend one third on the tail. Inhabits Otaheite, and other 
iflands contiguous thereto. 
92. Mufcicapa ochracea, the ochre fly-catcher : length 
eight inches and a half: bill pale; head and back brown- 
ifh ; neck and breaft ferruginous afli-colour ; the feathers 
narrow, and fliarp at the ends ; the region of the ears co¬ 
vered with a tuft of longifli narrow feathers; belly the 
colour of rufty ochre; quills, wing-coverts, and tail, 
black at the tips and inner fides ; the outer edge white ; 
tail the length of the body ; legs black ; claws yellow. 
Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 
93. Mufcicapa albifrons, the white-fronted fly-catcher: 
length five inches and three quarters: bill black, fender: 
forehead dufky white ; hind-head, nape, fhoulders, wing- 
coverts, and fecond quills, footy black; prime quills 
brown, edged with ferruginous; fore-part of the neck 
and breaft dulky white; the fhafts of the feathers brown ; 
belly pale ferruginous ; tail two inches in length; all the 
feathers of an uniform black ; legs black. Inhabits the 
Cape of Good Hope. Is greatly fimilar to the coldfinch; 
but differs in wanting the white on the wings, and the 
tail-feathers being all of one colour. 
94. Mufcicapa melanoleuca, the black-and-white fly¬ 
catcher : fnowy, the feathers brown at the bafe; breaft 
palifh yellow; head and neck, as far as the middle, wings, 
tips of the tail-feathers, bill, and legs, black. The fe¬ 
male is dirty-afti where the male is browm, and brown, 
where the male is black. Inhabits Georgia, in fummer ; 
fix inches long. 
95. Mufcicapa petechia, the petechial fly-catcher: 
length fix inches and a half: bill black ; upper parts of 
the body deep brown; throat rufous; fore part of the 
neck and breaft cinereous brown ; from thence to the 
vent cinereous, marked with rufous fpots; under tail- 
coverts rufous; quills brown; tail deeper brown; all, ex¬ 
cept the two middle feathers, edged with brown and 
white. Native of Martinico. 
96. Mufcicapa virgata, the ftreaked fly-catcher: length 
four inches and a half: bill black; crown of the head a 
little crefted, of an afli-colour mixed with yellow. Upper 
part of the body brown ; two rufous bars on the wing- 
coverts, and the quills edged with the. fame; fome of 
the fecondaries have whitifli edges; the under parts 
are brownifh white, daflied with longitudinal ftreaks of 
brown ; legs brown. Inhabits Cayenne. 
97. Mufcicapa agilis, the adtive fly-catcher: fize of the 
preceding ; bill blackifh, belet with weak briftles ; plu¬ 
mage above olive brown ; beneath dirty white, inclining 
to rufous on the throat; quills and tail dufky black, edged 
with olive brown ; legs brown. Native of Cayenne. It 
preys on infedls, which it is perpetually making fhort 
flights after in fummer; and, in defedt of flying infedls, 
it fearches after them, like the wren, under the bark of 
trees. 
98. Mufcicapa grifola, the fpotted fly-catcher : about 
the fize of the white-throat: bill dulky, and befiet with 
fhort briftles; infide of the mouth yellow ; the head large, 
brownifli, obfcurely fpotted with black; the back of a 
moufe-colour; wings and tail dufky ; the firft edged with 
white; breaft and belly white; throat, and fides under 
the wings, daflied with red ; legs black. Male and female 
much alike. This bird vifits us in the fpring,and departs 
in September. It builds againft any part of a tree that 
will fupport it; often in the hollow caufed by the decay 
of fome large limb, or a hole in a wall, &c. alfo on old pofts, 
and beams of barns ; and is found to return to the fame 
place feafon after feafon. It is carelefs in placing the neft : 
makes it chiefly of mofs; often with a mixture of wool 
and fibres. Lays four or five pale eggs, marked with red- 
difh. It feeds on infedls, andcolledts them on the wing: 
for this purpofe it fits on a branch, poft, &c. and, on one 
flying by, ieaps after, and, having caught it, returns to 
