. A general history of birds . cillon. 86—LUTEOUS FLYCATCHER. Muscicapa lutea, 478. Gm. Lin. i. Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 342. Shaws Zool. x. 359. LENGTH six inches. Bill three quarters of an inch, lead-colour,rather stout, straight, and a trifle bent at the tip ; base hairy; irideslead-colour; plumage in general like yellow oker, mottled withdusky on the wing coverts and quills; tail one inch and threequarters long, dusky for one-third next the end; legs pale ash-colour.—Inhabits Otaheite, and called Oomamao pooa hou ; is notuncommon. 87.—N^VOUS FLYCATCHER. Muscicapa n
. A general history of birds . cillon. 86—LUTEOUS FLYCATCHER. Muscicapa lutea, 478. Gm. Lin. i. Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 342. Shaws Zool. x. 359. LENGTH six inches. Bill three quarters of an inch, lead-colour,rather stout, straight, and a trifle bent at the tip ; base hairy; irideslead-colour; plumage in general like yellow oker, mottled withdusky on the wing coverts and quills; tail one inch and threequarters long, dusky for one-third next the end; legs pale ash-colour.—Inhabits Otaheite, and called Oomamao pooa hou ; is notuncommon. 87.—N^VOUS FLYCATCHER. Muscicapa naevia, Ind. Orn. ii. 479. Gm. Lin. i. Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 343. Shaws Zool. x. 338. LENGTH eight inches and three quarters. Bill black, threequarters of an inch long, bent at the tip, and a few hairs at thebase ; irides pale ash-colour; eyelids black ; plumage above duskyblack, beneath paler; middle of the back and shoulders markedwith white ; legs black. Inhabits New Caledonia.—Sir Joseph Banks. FLYCATCHER. 209 88—RED-BELLIED FLYCATCHER —Pl. c. Muscicapa erythrogastra, hid. Orn. ii. 479. Gm. Lin. i. Warbler, Lewins New-Holland Birds, pl. 5 ? Red-bellied Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 343. pl. 50. Id. Sup. ii. 216. Nat. Misc. Shaws Zool. x. 400. pl. 32. LENGTH four inches and a half. Bill black, a little curved atthe end, the under mandible yellowish at the base; head, neck,back, sides, thighs, wings, and tail, black ; forehead, and lowerwing coverts, white; breast and belly deep carmine ; vent reddish ;two, or more, of the outer tail feathers white for two-thirds of thelength ; legs long and slender, yellowish brown. The female is brown where the male is black; chin, and betweenthe eye and bill, cinereous brown; breast and belly pale orange;vent, sides, and thighs, yellowish white. Inhabits Norfolk Island, chiefly in the most unfrequented partsof it; met with also in New South Wales, but less common ; comesinto habit
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