206 WHITE-BELLTED FLYCATCHER. 



those figured by Le Yaillant, and enumerated in 

 the second volume of the " Birds of Western Afri- 

 ca;" for it measures no less than five inches from 

 the tip of the bill to the vent. The form is strictly 

 typical, resembling the Mus. rujiventer and its al- 

 lies ; but the bill, in proportion, is much longer. The 

 colouring, however, preserves the family likeness. 

 The whole of the back, wings, and tail (the latter 

 considerably graduated) are bright rufous,* the 

 neck and throat being light cinereous, and te top 

 of the head dark steel-blue. The crest, as seen In 

 the figure, differs from all the species hitherto 

 known, in having the feathers very narrow *nd 

 much lengthened, so as to have some analogy to 



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that of Megalophus ; the whole of the bodv, from 

 the throat, is white. 



The exact measurements, unfortunately, iave 

 been mislaid ; and, as the specimen has been re- 

 turned, w r e cannot make them again. 



The sub-genus 



