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insects on the wing, never descending to the ground, and of 

 solitary habits. Their notes are very harsh. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Crest long and pointed, reaching to upper 



part of back. I T. parodist: 5 at all ages 



a'. Throat and sides of head ashy < and J before second 



( autumn, p. 45. 



!T. paradisi : $ after 

 second autumn moult, 

 p. 45. 



b. Crest short and rounded, not reaching 



beyond nape. I T. affinis : £ at all ages, 



c . Back deep chestnut ; throat and sides I <$ while in chestnut 



of head bluish ashy ( plumage, p. 47. 



d'. Back ashy rufous. \ T. nicobariea : 5 a ^ all 



a". Throat and sides of head dark ashy. . ) ages, p. 48. 



,,, m j. i-i n j n i \ T. nicobariea: r? while in 



o . 1 hroat and sides oi head black . . . . { , . , , u , Q 



| chestnut plumage, p.4b. 



598. Terpsiphone paradisi. The Indian Paradise Flycatcher. 



Muscicapa paradisi, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 324 (17G0). 

 Muscipeta paradisea, Jerd. III. Orn. pi. 7. 



Tchitrea paradisi {Linn.), Blyth, Cat. p. 203 ; Horsf. Sf M. Cat. i, 

 p. 133 ; Jerd. B. I. i, p. 445 ; Hume, N. 8f E. p. 196 ; Hume $ 

 Henders. Lab. to Yark. p. 184. 

 Muscipeta paradisi {Linn.), Cripps, S. F. vii, p. 274; Hume, Cat. 



no. 288 ; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 273 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 158. 

 Terpsiphone paradisi {Linn.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 346; Leyge, 

 Birds Ceyl p. 404 ; Oates in Hume's N. &; E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 22.' 

 The Paradise Flycatcher, Jerd. ; Shah Bulbul, Hosseini Bulbul, Sultana 

 Bulbul, Taklah, Doodhraj, Hind. ; Tonka piyli pitta, Tel. ; Wal Konda- 

 lati, Tarn. 



Fig. 19.— Bill of T. paradisi. 



Coloration. The young of both sexes have the forehead, crown, 

 nape, and crest metallic bluish black ; sides of the head, chin, 

 throat, and the neck all round ashy brown, the brown of the throat 

 blending gradually with the pale ashy of the breast, and this again 

 with the white of the remainder of the lower parts ; upper plumage, 



