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3. Muscicapa latirostru. 



Grey above ; white beneath ; head not striped ; bill short and 

 broad ; wings two inches and three-quarters long ; the third 

 and fourth quills equal and longest. 



Inhabits India. Mus. Nost. Total length, 5 in- 

 ches; bill, gape, Jg ; front, ^ ; wings, 2f ; tail 

 beyond, f ; base, 2 ; tarsus, ^. Colour almost exactly 

 the same as M. grisola^ but smaller, and without any 

 distinct stripes on the crown or under plumage, nor 

 are the inner wing-covers tinged with fulvous ; the 

 bill is much shorter and considerably broader, and 

 the second quill-feather is only as long as the sixth. 



4. Muscicapa leucura. 



Above fulvous-brown, immaculate; beneath whitish; tail 

 rounded, black ; the lateral feathers white at their basal 

 half. 



Inhabits India. Total length, 4f inches; bill, 

 gape, 1^ ; front, T 4 5 ; wings, 2^ ; tail beyond, f ; 

 base, 2; tarsus, Jg. Smaller than latirostris, but 

 of the same general structure, except in the bill, 

 which is shaped like that of M. grisola, although 

 its size is much smaller. The drab-brown of the 

 back is very uniform, and equally spreads over the 

 wings, the third, fourth, and fifth feathers of which 

 re longest and nearly equal ; lores whitish ; und. 

 parts white, tinged with brown on the sides and 



