AYES. 525 



Muscicapa L. (in part), Cuv. Bill short, with culmen keeled. 

 Nostrils basal, lateral, partly covered by bristles. Feet moderate; 

 tarsus of the length of" middle toe. Hind claw curved, larger than 

 middle fore claw. Wings moderate or somewhat long, with third 

 and fourth quills longest of all, scarcely surpassing the second. 

 Tail moderate, subeven. 



Sp. Muscicapa grisola L. {Butalis grisola Boie), Buff. PI. enl. 565, fig. i, 

 Naum. Taf. 64, fig. I ; the spotted fiy-catcher, le gohe mouche, der Fliegen- 

 f anger; feeds on flying insects, generally taking them in its flight; lays 

 four or five light blue-green eggs with red spots ; — Muscicapa atricaptilla 

 L., and Muscicapa albicoUis Temm., Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill., Ois. PI. 18, 

 fig. I, have been observed only rarely in Holland, and belong rather to the 

 south of Europe (especially the last-named ^). From Abyssinia is Musci- 

 capa fumigata Guer., Muscicapa chocolatina Eueppell, System. Uehers. 

 Tab. 20, &c. — Also in China and Japan species of this genus occur. Sp. 

 Muscicapa narcissina Temm, PI. col. ^"j'j, fig. i (the genus Xanthopygia 

 Bltth, Bonap.). 



Hemichelidon Hodgs. 



Comp. Annals of nat. Hist. 1845, p. 203, Gray Gen. i., Muscicapince. 



Note. — On some other genera of modern wi'iters, Chaitaris 

 {Niltava) Hodgs., Dimorphco, &c., see Gray, 1. 1. Add Chasiem2)is 

 Caban., Arch./. Naturg. 1847, pp. 207, 208. 



Muscipeta Cuv. (in part), Caban., Tchitrea Less., Gray. Bill 

 moderate, depressed at the base, broader than high. Long bristles 

 at the base of bill. Wings with fourth and fifth quills subequal, 

 longest of all. Tail long, graduated or cuneate (with two middle 

 feathers in males very long). 



Sp. Muscipeta paradisi, Muscicapa parad'tsi L., Buff. PI. enl. 234, figs, i, 2; 

 East Indies; — Muscipeta rufa Swains., Buff. PI. enl. 248, fig. i, Lesson 

 Ornlth. PI. 42, fig. i; — Muscipeta prlnceps Temm. PI. col. 584, Japan; — 

 Muscipeta crlstata, Muscicapa cristata Gm., Buff. PI. enl. 573, fig. 2, 

 South Africa; — Muscipeta rufiventrls Swains. Birds of W. Afr. 11. PI. 

 4, &c. 



Platystira Jard. 



DrymopMla Temm. (not Swains.) Monarclia ViG. and HoRSF. 

 Bill moderate, strong, with culmen keeled. Nostrils basal, lateral, 



^ They form the genus Muscicapa Boie, named Hydomela by Sundevall, because 

 he thinks the name Muscicapa should be kept for JButalis Boie. Ofvers af Kongl. Vet. 

 Akcul. FiJrh. 1846, pp. 223 — 225. 



