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MACHA3RIRHYNCHUS ALBIFRONS, G .R .G r ay.
White-fronted Flycatcher.
MacJuerirhynchus albifrons, G. R. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 429.
“ T his bird,” says Mr. G. R. Gray, “ is, in many respects, like the M. xanthogenys; but it is a t once distinguished
from that species by tbe front and streak over the eyes being white, and by the bill being rather
narrower and slightly sharper in front.
“ T he young bird is o f a yellowish olivaceous, with the front and eyebrows pale rufous; throat and breast
w h ite ; the latter is waved with fuscous; beneath the rest o f the body yellow, and olivaceous on the sid e s;
wings and tail fuscous, with the coverts o f the former margined with white, while the quills are margined
with yellow.”
In size and general appearance this species approaches the Australian bird to which I have given the
name offlamventer; but on comparing the drawings o f these two birds the most casual observer may discern
the difference that exists between them. I t will be necessary for me to state that my figures were taken
from Mysol specimens collected by Mr. Wallace.
I have now figured in the present work three very distinct species o f this singular group o f Flycatchers;
a fourth is said to exist in Mr. Gray’s M . xanthogenys, a plate o f which will appear when I get good Aru
specimens for illustration.
Total length 4" 11"', bill from gape 9£'", wing 2" 4"'.
Hah. Waigiou and Mysol.