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Dorsal aspect. Eyelids white ; auriculars black ; forehead, 

 sides of the crown, and nape of neck black, the qnill end of the 

 feathers grey ; crown orange red or scarlet, tipped with black, 

 forming a crest erectile at pleasure. Scapulars, interscapulary 

 region and rump, brown, with occasional greyish-white tips to the 

 feathers, especially on the back. Primaries and secondaries pure 

 brown, with their outer vanes edged with white ; greater and 

 smaller wing coverts brown, edged with white ; tail coverts black, 

 tipped with white; tail subrotund, of 12 feathers, black, with a 

 broad terminal band of white on the central feathers ; the lateral 

 feathers minutely edged with white. 



Ventral aspect. White, except on breast, sides, and flanks, 

 which are slate colour ; wing coverts slate colour, shaded to 

 white towards the edges and tips ; tail coverts white ; wings slate 

 brown ; tail blackish-brown. 



2r.d primary longest ; 1st and 4th subequal ; toes and tarsi of 

 equal length ; middle toe longest ; two outer toes equal ; talons 

 short, a salient inner ridge to the middle one. Length 8^ inches; 

 alar expanse 13 inches. Female and young resemble the male 

 in every respect except in the scarlet crest, which is wanting. 

 M. Crinata. Great crested Fly-catcher. 



v.s.p. Bill brownish externally, yellow internally ; claws and 

 tarsi black ; irides hazel ; eggs 4, dull white, blotched and mot- 

 tled with purple. 



Dorsal aspect. Coronal crest brown ; feathers acuminate, 

 erectile at will; nape of neck, scapulars, and dorsal region, olive 

 brown ; greater and smaller wing coverts clove brown, tipped with 

 dull white; primaries and secondaries clove brown, inclining to 

 bright rufous on the outer vanes of the former, and to white on 

 the outer vanes of the latter, with a paler rufous tinge on the in- 

 ner vanes of both. Tail of 12 feathers, square, the 2 centre feathers 

 clove browm, all the others clove brown on the outer vanes, and 

 bright rufous on the inner vanes. 



Ventral aspect. Chin, throat, and auriculars bluish-grey, 

 shaded on the breast into bright sulphur yellow, which clothes 

 the breast, belly, vent, and tail and wing coverts. The bluish- 

 grey of the breast is continued along the sides as far as the flank^ 

 becoming in its course blended with the sulphur yellow. 



2nd and 3rd primaries subequal ; 1st and 5th equal. The bill 

 of this bird is about 1^ inch long from the angle of the mouth to 



