250 Mr. Vicors’s and Dr. Honsrrzrp's Description of the 
darts upon its prey. It is, however, sufficiently distinguished from 
Rhipidura by the tail being even, not rounded, at the end. The 
bill also is much more lengthened, more depressed, and stronger ; 
and it is deficient in those elongated bristles which protect the 
rictus of the preceding birds. ‘The formation of the wing also - 
of both these genera will be observed, from the characters given 
of each, to be materially different: and the marked scutellation 
of the tarsi separates the present group from the preceding, and 
indeed from most of the Muscicapide that we have as yet had an 
opportunity of examining. 
1. VorniTANS. Eo el nigra, subtus alba. capite metallicé 
atro, remigibus fuscis. 
Turdus volitans. Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. p. xli. no. 10. 
Volatile Thrush. Jd. Gen. Hist. v. p. 122. no. 151. 
We find the following observations on this species in Mr. Ca- 
leys MSS. ‘This bird is called by the colonists Dishwasher. 
It is very curious in its actions. In alighting on a stump of a 
tree it makes several semicircular motions, spreading out its tail 
at the time, and making a loud noise, somewhat like that caused 
by a rasor-grinder when at work. I have seen it frequently 
alight on the ridge of my house, and perform the same evolu- 
tions. I have often considered it, when I witnessed these man- 
ners, to be the Wagtail of the colony.—The stumps of trees on 
which it alights are those which have been left standing, where 
the ground has been cleared ;. the trees themselves Verne been 
cut down about a yard from the ground." 
Genus. Myyriicna*. 
Rostrum rectum, subbreve, depressum, basi latum, multó latius 
quàm altum ; mandibulá superiore emarginata ; naribus ba- 
— * Mua musca, and aygevw venor. : 
r salibus, 
