MYIAGRIN&. 159 
Dimensions. 
Sex, Plumage, Length. |Expanse.| Wing. ae Tarsus, |8 Dine. = alee 
? | Chesnut 8:2 10:2 3 41 3-7 0 62 1 0:58 
” ” 86 10°6 3°66 6-4 0°62 098 05 
” ” 8°56 10°58 3°66 61 06 1:04 0-€6 
” ” 8:58 10°25 3°44 4:98 0°66 1 04 0:64 
3 “5 18:12 108 38 13°65 0:62 1:18 0-68 
oe cr 17:78 111 3°81 13°5 0 62 1:08 0°62 
191 10°65 3 55 14:6 0°62 1:06 0°64 
» | White 2175 11 26 3°75 17 0 66 1-2 0:7 
sr “ 10:42 10-7 36 6:8 0°6 11 0°64 
op op 13 75 10:8 368 9-1 0°62 1'06 0-66 
9 “5 196 112 3°81 15:25 0 66 1:16 0-66 
” ” 19 10:25 37 14°5 0°64 1 0°64 
Bill cobalt-blue ; irides deep brown; eyelids cobalt-blue ; legs 
pale lavender-blue. 
Adult male—Whole head with the full crest, neck and throat, 
glossy green-black, the rest of the plumage white, the feathers 
more or less black shafted; primaries and secondaries black, with 
the outer webs white, and also the edge of inner webs of the 
innermost quills; head with a full crest of elongated feathers ; 
two central tail-feathers greatly elongated. 
The adult female is similar to the male; its middle tail-feathers 
are only slightly elongated. 
The younger male has the head, neck, and throat, glossy black, 
the abdomen white, and the rest of the plumage light chesnut. 
The young female has the same, without the long tail. 
In a still younger state, the throat, breast, upper part of abdo- 
men, and the flanks are ashy. 
The Paradise Fly-catcher is probably a permanent resident 
throughout the district, but is very locally distributed. It is some- 
what rare in Sind. I found it breeding near Neemuchin Central 
India. 
Genus, Myiagra (Hypothymis) Vigors. 
Bill of moderate length, broad, triangular, suddenly narrowed, 
straight; tip well hooked and distinctly notched; rictal bristles 
long, slender, numerous; nostrils small, basal, plumed at the base 
and overhung by a few fine hairs; wings moderate, broad, fourth 
and fifth quills about equal and longest; tail rather long, even or 
slightly rounded ; tarsus rather short ; feet very small; outer-toe 
much longer than inner one, much syndactyle. 
Hypothymis azurea, Bodd. 
290.—Myiagra azwrea, Bodd.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. L. 
p- 450; Butler, Deccan ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 395. 
THE BLACK-NAPED BLUE FLY-CATCHER. 
Length, 6 to 65; expanse, 8:5; wing, 2°75 to 2°85; tail, 2°75 
