BLACK-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. 61 



Independent of the above five species, Le Vaillant 

 gives the name of Le Tchitrecbe to another, of which 

 he makes three varieties. One of these is the 

 original paradlcea of Linn., hut we suspect there 

 will still be other species left under this name. 

 Upon the whole, we may feel assured, however, 

 that there are at least eight very distinct species, 

 which, up to this time, have been confounded by 

 systematic writers under the common name of Mu- 

 scipeta paradlcea. 



We now quit the Dentirostres and enter upon 

 the Fissirostres, an order which contains those 

 families whose feet are remarkably feeble, and who 

 only feed, like swallows, when upon the wing. To 

 this envision belongs the genus Merops or the Bee- 

 eaters, the most splendid coloured group of the 

 whole tribe, and the Caprimulgidce or Night -jars, 

 which are the most typical. 



