206 WHITE-BELL TED FLYCATCHER. 



those figured by Le Vaillant, 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 foe top 

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

 the figure, differs from all the species hitherto 

 known, in having the feathers very narrov *nd 

 much lengthened, so as to have some analogv to 

 that of Megalophus ; the whole of the body,, from 

 the throat, is white. 



The exact measurements, unfortunately, zave 

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

 turned, we cannot make them again. 



The sub-genus 



