. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 53. MTIAGRA, 371 to bright yellow on the rump, the head a little dingier than the back; lores and a ring of feathers round the eye bright jellow ; belo-w the fore part of the eye a dusky greenish spot; sides of face and under surface of body bright yellow, richer on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; flanks very slightly washed 'with greenish; under wing-coverts yellow; wings brown, coverts and quills edged with greenish yellow, the least and median series of coverts uniform with the back, the greater coverts tipped with yellow; tail-feathers d
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 53. MTIAGRA, 371 to bright yellow on the rump, the head a little dingier than the back; lores and a ring of feathers round the eye bright jellow ; belo-w the fore part of the eye a dusky greenish spot; sides of face and under surface of body bright yellow, richer on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; flanks very slightly washed 'with greenish; under wing-coverts yellow; wings brown, coverts and quills edged with greenish yellow, the least and median series of coverts uniform with the back, the greater coverts tipped with yellow; tail-feathers dusky brown, edged with yellow. Total length -i'T inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2"4, tail 2, tarsus 0*5. Hah. Island of Celebes. a. 2 ad. sk. Menado, N. Celebes. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. (Trpe of species.) h. Ad. sk. Menado. A. K. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 3. Culicicapa panayensis. Xantholestes panayensis, Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soe. new series, i. p. 327. Adult male (type of species). General colour above olive-yellow, the head and sides of face greenish ; wing-coverts, quills, and tail- feathers brown, margined with yellow ; lores yellow ; underneath very bright yellow, the throat rather duller. Total length 4*7 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-2, tail 2-2, tarsus 0-5. {Mus. Steere.) Hab. Island of Panay, Philippines. 53. MYIAGRA. r^ypg Myiagra, Vigors Sf Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 250 "(1826) M. rubecula. Platygnathus, Hartl. in Wiegm. Arch. 1852, p. 132. M. Bill of Myiagra mclanura. Rmige. Australia and Tasmania; Austro-llalayau region and Oceania. Key to the Species. a. Throat leaden grey or greenish black, like the head. a'. Abdomen white. a". Back ashy or leaden gi'ey, with a slight gloss on the head. a'". Lores dusky greyish or lead-coloui-, not darker than the sides of the face . rnhecuhi o , p. 373. h'". Lores and feathers in front of the eye black coricinnri S, P- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may
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