AMPELID^ ISrl 



292. Muscipeta Leucura, Lath. ; Cuvier, Voi. 



1, p. 342 ; ErytJtrosterna Leucura, Bl. 

 Ashy- GREY ; beneath white ; middle tail-fealhers black ; outer 

 pair nearly quite .whitCj the rest half obliquely white. 

 Length, 4i". 



Cited by Cuvier (loc. cit.) as a South African species ; but in reality 

 comes from India. 



293. Muscipeta Rufiventris, Gmei. ; pi. En., t. 



572, f. 3. ; Cuv., Vol. 1., p. 344. 

 Black ; vent red. 



South Africa.^— Cuvier (loc. cit.) ; but is in reality a Bourbon bird. 



294. Muscicapa Albifrons, Sparm.; Mus., t. 24 ; 



Cuv., Vol. 1, p. 342. 



Black-bkown ; chest whitish; belly, pale ferrugineous ; fore- 

 head whitish. 



Supposed to be an Australian species, though cited by Cuvier as 

 South African. 



295. Muscicapa Oserulea, Gmi., Pi. Eni.,t eee, 



f. 1 ; Cuv., Vol. 1, p. 341 ; Myiagra Ccerulea, Swain- 

 son ; Mus. Gaelestina, Licht. ; L'Azur a callotte et d 

 collier noir, Le Vail., PI. 153. 



General colour, blue; nape and chest with a black bar; 

 belly and vent, bluish-white ; tail and quills, blue-black. 

 Length, about 6". 



I have not seen this bird in any collection made in this country. 

 In Ceylon I was vyell acquainted with it. (See my notes on the Orni- 

 thology of Ceylon, No. 124, Ann. and Mag. Nat. His.) 



Le Vaillant says be found them in the woods on the coast of Natal 

 and Kaffraria ; they perched upon the tops of the large trees, in the 

 thickest branches of which ihey buUt their nest, of long thin fibres, 

 well lined with moss. Eggs, five ; of a grey russet. It is extremely 

 improbable that this statement should be true. It is a well-known 

 Indian species. 



The Fourth Family, AMPELID-^, or 

 Chatterers, 



have the bill moderate, more or less broad at the base, and 

 more or less depressed, with the sides gradually compressed 

 to the tip, which is emarginated ; the wings long, and 

 generally rounded ; tho tail moderate, and usually even at 



