44 muscicapid^;. 



lesser wing-coverts indigo-blue ; lower back and rump rufous- 

 grey ; upper tail-coverts, the tail, a portion of the outer webs of 

 the scapulars, the whole of the tertiaries, and the greater portion 

 of the outer webs of the secondaries bright chestnut ; remainder 

 of the quills dark brown, the outer webs of the primaries margined 

 with reddish grey ; primary-coverts blue, centred with blackish ; 

 greater wing-coverts chestnut; lower plumage pale buff, becoming 

 paler on the vent and under tail-coverts. 



Female. Forehead, crown, nape, and ear-coverts dark olive- 

 brown ; lores and round the eye pale ashy ; back, scapulars, and 

 rump rufous-ashy ; upper tail-coverts and tail chestnut ; lesser 

 wing-coverts olive-brown, tinged with rufous on the margins ; 

 greater coverts chestnut ; wings dark brown, the outer webs of 

 the primaries rufescent, those of the other quills chestnut ; the 

 tertiaries wholly chestnut; lower plumage pale buff, somewhat 

 brighter on the throat and breast. 



In the males legs, feet, and claws pale purplish blue ; bill black ; 

 iris crimson ; in the adult female legs, feet, and claws plumbeous 

 olive ; upper mandible pale horny-brown ; lower mandible fleshy- 

 white ; iris dull red ; in a young female legs and feet pale horny- 

 red ; iris pale red, speckled with white {Hume Sf Davison). 



Length about 7 ; tail 2-8 ; wing 3*2 ; tarsus *65 ; bill from 

 gape *9. 



I have not been able to examine a young bird of this species, 

 but it probably follows the young of P. velatum in its style of 

 coloration. 



Distribution. Tenasserim from Nwalabo mountain to its southern 

 extremity, extending to the Malay peninsula, Cochin China, 

 Sumatra, and Borneo. 



Genus TERPSIPHONE, Gloger, 1827. 



In Terpsiplione the typical characteristics of the Flycatchers are 

 developed to a greater extent than in any other geuus. 



The bill is extremely large, depressed, and swollen, and the 

 rictal bristles are very numerous, coarse, and long. The head is 

 crested, and the tail is greatly developed in the mature males. 



In Terpsiphone the sexes are alike, or closely so, during the first 

 two years, and the prevailing colour of the plumage is chestnut. 

 The female never drops her chestnut garb, but the male after the 

 second autumn, or even later, assumes a white plumage. It thus 

 happens that a pair may be found breeding both being in the 

 chestnut plumage, or a female in chestnut plumage may be 

 found mated with a white male. 



The Paradise Flycatchers are found over the whole Empire, both 

 on the Himalayas and in the plains and lesser hill-ranges, and are 

 resident in many portions of the country, but in others they appear 

 to be seasonal visitors, or in great measure so, but their movements 

 are probably of no great extent. 



The members of this genus are typical Flycatchers, catching 



