10. MrsciCAPA. 149 



10. MUSCICAPA.* Type. 



Muscicapa, Linn. S. N. i. p. .S24 (17GG) M. gi-isola. 



Butalis, Boie, Isis, 182G, p. 973 M. grisola. 



* Tlie follo^ving species I liave not been able to determine : — 



MUSCICAPA RIISI. 



Museicapa riisi, Hurtl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 9G ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 322, 

 no. 482(). 



Above broHTiish olive, the head and nape more inclining to dull ashy ; tail 

 brownish rufous; upper tail-coverts brownish rufous ; sliafts of tlie fciil-feathers 

 below buffy white ; under surface of body bright pale bufTv rufous ; centre of 

 the abdomen white ; under wing-coverts buiF, quills dusky ; bill rather long, 

 slightly depressed ; feet lead-colour ; vibrissa; long. Total length 5j", bill 5|"', 

 wing 2" 10^'", tail 2" 4'", tarsus 10'". {Hartlaub.) 



Hab. Aguapim districts of the Gold Coast. 



MOSCICAPA M.\DAGASCARIEN'SIS. 



Museicapa madagascariensis, Grandid. Bev. Zool. 1867, pp. 86, 255 ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 321, no. 4819. 



A species named by M. Grandidier, when travelling in Madagascar, as a sup- 

 posed new bird, but afterwards suppressed by him. What the species was really 

 synonymous with, has never been stated. 



The following five species were described by Scopoli from the descriptions in 

 Sonnerat's Voyage and from Buffon, and have not since been identified. (Cf. 



Tmccddale, I. c.) 



MrsciCAPA C/ERULEOCEPnALA. 



Le Gobe-mouche a tete bleuiitre de I'isle de Lu9on, Sonn. Voy. Nottv. Guin. 



p. .57, pi. 2(). no. 1. 

 Museicapa ca;ruleocephala. Scop. Bel. Faun, ef Flor. Insuhr. p. 95, no. 106 



{ex Sonn.) ; Waldin. Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 184. 

 Museicapa cyanocephala, Gm. S. N. i. p. 94-3, no. 65 {ex Sonn.) ; v. Martens, 



J.f. O. 1866, p. 11. 



MUSCICAPA LUZONIENSIS. 



Le Gobe-mouche noir de I'isle de Lu9on, Sonn. Voy. ]\"ouv. Guin. p. 59, pi. 27. 



fig. 2. 

 Museicapa tessaeourbe. Scop. Bel. Faun, et Flor. Insuhr. p. 95, no. 108 {ex 



Sonn.). 

 Museicapa luzoniensis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 942, no. 62 {e.v So7i7i.); Walden, Tr. 



Z. S. is. p. 184. 



MUSCICAPA MACRURA. 



Le Gobe-mouche a tete bleue de I'isle de Lu90n, Sonn. Voy, Nouv. Guin. 



p. .58, pi. 27. fig. 1. 

 Museicapa macroura, Scojy. Bel. Faun, et Flor. Insuhr. p. 95, no. 107 ; 



Walden, Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 184. 



MCSCICAPA PHILIPPINESSIS. 



Le Moucherolle des Philippines, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. iv. p. 565. 

 Museicapa philippinonsis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 943, no. 63 ; v. Martens, J. f. 0. 

 18(W, p. 11, uo. 34; Walden, Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 184. 



MuSCICAPA MANILLENSIS. 



Le Gobe-mouclie a gorge jaune de I'isle de Lugon, Sonn. Voi/. Kouv. Guin. 



p. 57, pi. 26. fig. 2. 

 Museicapa manillensis. Gm. S. iV. i. p. 943, no. 66 {ex Sonn.) ; Walden, Tr. 



Z. S. is. p. 184. 



