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LESSER
CRESTED FL.
Description.
P l a c e .
83-
HANGING FL.
Description.
Place.
84.
SOCIETY FL.
Description.
Place,
Letter Crefted Flycatcher, ArSt. Zool. ii. N° 268.. N
J ^ A C K part o f the head c re fted h e ad , neck, and back, o f a
dirty light cinereous green : breaft and belly whitilh, tinged
with yellow : wings and tail dulky: coverts eroded with two>
bars of white: fecondaries edged with white : legs black.
Inhabits Nova Scotia.— In the colledion of Colonel Davies..
Green Flycatcher, 4r£l. Zool. ii. N® 274.
p j E AE> cinereous green : on each fide of the bill a yellow fpotr
back and wing coverts pale green j acrofs the laft two white
bars •• primaries and tail dufky, edged with green : throat pale
alh-colour : middle of the belly white : fides o f a fine yellow..
Inhabits New Tork, and is a fcarce fpecieS. Comes in May ;
breeds, and retires in Augujt. Was fent to England by the name
o f Small Green Hanging Bird..
Mufcicapa nigra, S fa rr. M uf. Carl/, pi. zy..
T E N G T H fix inches. Bill nearly an inch, flout at the bafe;
and a trifle curved towards the point j the bafe befet with
briftles. The whole bird is bla ck; but the bill, head, fpace between
the lhoulders, and legs, are o f a much deeper colour than
the red, The wings reach one third on the tail. ,
Inhabits Otaheite, and other iflands contiguous thereto. I find
one fimilar to this among the papers o f Sir Jofeph Banks, recorded
by Mr. Anderjon, His bird has a lead-coloured bill, and the hack,
and
and wing coverts inclining to brown; otherwife it is black.
Alfo a fecond is there mentioned, fuppofed to be the female; the
:whole of the plumage o f which is of an uniform black brown.
Mufcicapa albifrons, Sparrm. M uf. C arlf. N° 24.
T E N G T H five inches and three quarters. Bill black, (lender,
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WHITE- I
FRONTED FL.
a trifle curved at the point, and a few hairs at the bafe: forehead
dulky white : hind head, nape, lhoulders, Wing coverts, and
fecond quills, footy bla ck: prime quills brown, edged with ferruginous
: fore part o f the neck and breaft dulky white; the lhafts
o f the feathers brown : belly pale ferruginous : tail two inches in
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length ; all the feathers o f an uniform b la ck: legs black.
Inhabits the Cafe of Good Hope. Is greatly fimilar to the Goldfinch
; but differs in wanting the white on the wings; and the tail
feathers being all o f one colour.
if Place.
M
s
86.
PASSERINE FL.
Ç I Z E uncertain. Colour of the plumage an the upper parts o f Description.
the body dulky black ; beneath whitilh : tail black.
Inhabits the iflaiid o f ‘Banna.— Defcribed from drawings in the
poffelfion o f Sir Jofeph Banks.
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Mufcicapa ochracea, Sparrm. M uf. C a r lf. pi. zz. 1
A^F RISCAI N FL.
IT E N G T H eight inches and a half. Bill pale: head and d ESGRIPTIOfto
back brownilh : neck and breaft ferruginous alh-colour; the
•feathers narrow, and lharp at the ends: the region of the ears
9 covered