174 M. Sundevall on the Birds of Calcutta, 



whilst hanging thereto to search under them, but trusted prin- 

 cipally to its wings. From none of them did I hear sound. Its 

 flight was uneven and jerking when bent on a longer journey. 

 This species also is called by the Hindoos Pingja. 



12. Muscicapa ccerulea, Gm., Lath. no. 36 ; Raffles in Lin. Trans. 

 13; Buff. PLEnl. 666. 1. L'Azur, &c, Levaill. Ois.Afr. 153. 



Cserulea, margine frontis anguloque menti nigris ; ventre crissoque 

 albis. Ala nigra, plumis cseruleo marginatis antice gradata. Cauda 

 rotundata et emarginata. <$ (Serampore 1 6 Febr.) lsete coloratus, 

 rostro pedibusque plumbeis, macula occipitis lineaque juguli trans- 

 versis nigris. Magn. Sylvia. Ala 70 mill., tarsus 15, cauda 72. 



$ dorso infuscato, alis caudaque fuscis, plumis grisescente margi- 

 natis ; occipite juguloque immaculatis. Jun. cinereus, ventre albido, 

 capite margineque carpi cserulescentibus. Occiput et jugulum im- 

 maculata. Mus. Stockh. 



This little beautiful bird, which is met with in the Philippine 

 islands, Java, Sumatra, in all India and the south of Africa, I 

 saw only once, without being able to observe it closer. It had its 

 stomach full of all sorts of insects. 



13. Muscicapa nitida (var. a) ? Lath. Gen. Hist. Olivaceo-viridis, 

 subtus flava, capite colloque cum jugulo cinereis, vertice obscuriore. 

 Remigibus rectricibusque nigris flavescenti marginatis. Long. 4f- 

 poll., ala 64 millim,, tarsus 14, rostrum e fronte 1 1 . Statura, rostrum, 

 cauda et pedes prioris. Vibrissa? majores. Ala differt : remige la 

 parva, 2 et 3 gradatis, 4 et 5 aequalibus, longioribus quam reliquis 



Of this bird, of which I have seen only the specimen described, 

 I know less than of the former*. 



14. Muscicapa (gen. Rhipidura, Vig.f) Sannio, n. Broad-tailed 

 Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Hist. vi. p. 178. no. 34. 



Nigro-cinerascens capite nigriori, macula oblonga superciliari, 

 fasciaque gulari albis. Cauda longa gradata, apicibus late albis, 

 limite transverso. 



Longit. 1\ poll., ala 80 millim. ; tarsus 18, digitus medius 10, cum 

 ungue 15 ; cauda 97, rostrum e fronte 12 ; latit. 5. Ala unicolor. 

 Vitta ventralis parva, longitudinalis albida. Fascia gulae lata, utrin- 

 que attenuata, sub genas producta. ( $ 7 Febr. et 3 Mart.) (In 

 utroque testiculi tumidissimi, hepar albidum. °. Similis, sed indi- 

 viduum deperditum.) 



* This is the Cryptolopha ceylonensis of Swainson. — H. E. S. 



f Vig. et Horsf. Linn. Trans, xv. p. 246. Tres species : flab ellif era, Lath., 

 rufifrons % Lath., motacilloides, Vig. et Horsf. Hue porro : M. umbellata, n. 

 nigro-fusca, gula, ventre, stria longiore superciliari, apicibusque rectricum 

 albis. Ala unicolor, 77 millim., tarsus 19, rostrum e fronte 15. E Java, 

 Mus. Gyllenkrokianum. Collum antice colore dorsi; uropygium subru- 

 fescens. 



His forte affinis Gobemouche a lunettes. Levaill. Ois. Afr. 152? 



