48. TEHPsirnuNE. 347 



Muscicapa paradisi, Cuvier, Bkgtie Anim. 1817, i. n. .•J44 note- 



Sijkes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 84; Jerd. lU. Ind. Orn. pi. 7; Bp.' Consp 



1. p. 325 ; GotM, B. Asia, part v. ; Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 1859, 



p. 49, note. 

 Muscipeta indica, Sfejih. Gen.Zool. xiii. p. Ill ; Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832 



p. 84. ' 



Muscipeta castanea, Tenwi. PI. Col. iii. text to pi. 684 ; id. Tahl 



Meth. p. 23. 

 Tchitrea paradisi, Less. Traite, p. 386; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 259- 



Bhjth, Cat. Mus. A. S. B. p. 203 ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat Mus. E.I. 



Co. i. p. 133 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. ^t. Nepal Coll. Hodys. p. 93 ; Jerd. 



B. Ind. i. p. 444; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 332, no. 5002; Hume. 



Ibis, 1869, p. 9 ; Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 409 ; Ball, Str. F. 1873* 



p. 403; Hume, t. c. p. 474; id. S. F. 1875, p. 102; id. Nests and 



Egys Ind. B. p. 196 ; Severtz. Turkest. Jeootn. p. 188 ; Dresser Ibis, 



1876, p. 188 ; Blyth ^- Wald. B. Burm. p. ISL 

 Muscipeta leucogaster. Swains. Monoyr. Flyc. p. 205, pi. 24 ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 325. 

 Terpsiphone paradisi, Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. p. 58. 

 Tchitrea leucogaster, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 333, no. 5015. 



Nestling. General colour above duU chestnut, the wing-coverts 

 coloured like the back, the primary-coverts and quills dark brown, 

 externally chestnut, the innermost secondaries entirely of the latter 

 colour ; tail entirely rufous ; head dusky, the feathers edged with 

 duU chestnut ; throat and chest dusky, shghtly washed with rufous ; 

 rest of under surface of body dull white. 



Adult female. General colour above light bay, the wing-coverts 

 like the back ; quills brown, with rufous edgings, the inner secon- 

 daries like the back ; tail entirely light chestnut ; crown of head 

 and crest glossy greenish black ; lores, sides of face, sides of neck, 

 and throat grey ; rest of under surface of body white, the sides of 

 the breast greyish, the flanks tinged with rufous ; under wing- 

 coverts white, with a slight rufous tinge ; under surface of quills 

 ashy brown, light rufous on the inner web. Total length 7"5 inches, 

 culmen 0-75, wing 3*45, tail 4, tarsus 0"65. 



Adult male. General colour above pure white, the least wing-coverts 

 like back, with black shaft-lines ; rest of the wing-coverts white, black 

 on the inner webs ; quills black, externally white ; the inner secon- 

 daries white, with a black longitudinal mark down the centre ; tail 

 white, with black shafts and narrow blackish edgings to the 

 feathers ; head and a long occipital crest, sides of face and of neck, 

 and entire throat glossy steel-green ; rest of under surface of body 

 from the fore neck downwards pure white ; quills blackish below, 

 white along the inner web ; " bill and orbits lilac-blue ; inside of 

 mouth pale yellow ; legs and feet pale bluish ; iris dark brown " 

 (Jerdon). Total length 17 inches, culmen 0*85, wing 3*65, tail 5-5, 

 middle tail-feathers 13*2, tarsus 0-65. 



Obs. The changes of plumage in this species are not understood by 

 naturalists, and Dr. Jerdon (/. c.) aUudes to the different opinions 

 entertained by Indian observers on the subject. From the series nf 

 skins in the Museum, I should suggest that the sequence of plumage 

 would be as follows, and that the differences of plumage can all be 



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