MYTAGRIiV^. 451 



bamboo-clump, made with bamboo leaves and fibres, and contain- 

 ing two ewgs, white, with a few large blotches of purplish-red. 



A second species, nearly allied to this, appears to exist in Muse, 

 manadensis, Q. and G., from the Oceanic region. Some of the 

 Australian Myiagrcs are dark or plumbeous blue, while others have 

 the under parts rufous, resembling our Cyornis. 



Gen. Leucockrca, Swains. 



Syn. Rhipidura, pars. Vigors and Horsfield. 



Char. — Bill rather long, depressed, wide throughout, except at 

 the tip, w^hich is slightly hooked and notched ; nostrils apert, but 

 overhung by some long nareal bristles ; rictal bristles very lono-, 

 slender ; wings with the first four quills unequally graduated ; 4th 

 and 5th quills sub-equal and longest ; tail lengthened, wide, rounded 

 or graduated ; tarsus moderate, strong ; feet moderate ; lateral toes 

 unequal. 



This genus, which was separated by Swainson from RIdpidura, is 

 not very strongly characterized apart from that genus, but contains 

 several Indian and Malayan species, and may be considered as the 

 Indian form of JRhipid?zra ; Bonaparte, however, extends it to two 

 species from New Zealand and Oceania. 



291. Leucocerca fuscoventris, Franklin. 



Rhipidura apud Franklin, P. Z. S., 1831 — Sykes, Cat. 46— 

 Blyth, Cat. 1241 — Horsf., Cat. 188 — Muscylva albogularis, 

 Lesson, Voy. Belanger — M. sannio, Sundevall — Rhip. 

 albigula, Hodgson — Ckok-doyal, Beng. — Chak-dil, in the N. W. 

 P. — Nam-dit-nom Lepch. 



The Wiiite-tfiroated Fantail. 



Descr. — Sooty brown-black throughout, tinged with ashy in tJie 

 abdomen and buck, ai)d dusky-brownish on the wings and outer 

 tail-feathers, the three outermost of which are tipped with dirty 

 white ; a very short supercilium, chin and throat white. 



Bill and legs black ; irides dark brown. Length 7^ inches ; 

 extent 0^ ; wing 3^- ; tail 4i ; bill at front j\ ; tarsus |. 



I have only seen this species in Bengal and Sikhini. It is not 

 known in most parts of the South of India, nor did I see it at 



