MUSCIPETA. BIRDS. 228 



die toe ; the exterior toe united to the middle one to the first 

 joint ; nail of the hind toe hooked, strong ; third and fourth 

 wing-feathers longest. 



P. Pitangiia, Tern. (Tyrannus,C\w.) Plumage ferruginous brown 

 above ; yellowish beneath, with a yellow band on each side of the 

 head, and strong fulvous bill. Size of a blackbird. Inhabits 

 Brazil. Shaw, vii. 300. 



P. olivaceus, Tern. Plumage olive-green, with the throat, neck in 

 front, and breast greenish ; abdomen ashy-yellow ; wings and tail 

 brown, glossed with greenish. 5 inches long. Inhabits Brazil. 

 Tern. PL Col. 12. fig. 1. 



P. cancromus, Tem. With a yellow crest ; forehead and eyebrows 

 olive brown; a white spot on the lores; throat white; body above, 

 breast, and middle of the abdomen^ brown. 3| inches long. In- 

 habits Brazil Tem. PL Col. 12. fig. 2. 



Gen. 25. MUSCIPETA, Cuv. Tem. 



Bill much depressed, broader than deep ; upper mandible with 

 a sharp ridge, hooked, and incurved on the lower, and gene- 

 rally notched ; lower mandible much depressed, pointed, the 

 base furnished with long hairs, which frequently project be- 

 yond the bill ; nostrils basal and open ; lateral toes unequal ; 

 the external one united to the second joint ; first three quill- 

 feathers graduated, the fourth or fifth the longest. 



M. plumbea, Tem. ( Todus plumbeus, Lath.) Plumage above hoary 

 lead-colour, inclining to black on the crown ; beneath milk-white ; 

 wings and tail blackish. Size of the Wren. Inhabits Surinam. 

 Lath. hid. 267. 



M. regia, Tem. .(Todus regius, Lath.) Plumage brown above, 

 whitish, with brown undulations, beneath ; crest ferruginous, and 

 tipped with black ; chin and eyelids white; bill dusky-brown ; legs 

 flesh-coloured. 7 inches long. Cayenne. Shaw, viii. pi. 14, 15. 



M. paradisea, Tem. Crest on the head bluish-green, body white, 

 tail wedge-shaped, with the two middle feathers very long in 

 the male, but considerably shorter in the female. About six in- 

 ches in length, and the tail fourteen. Inhabits Africa. Edrv* 

 Glean, pi. 113. 



M. flavigastra, Tem. Plumage above ash- coloured, yellow beneath, 

 with the quills and tail dusky black ; legs dirty flesh-colour. In- 

 habits New South Wales. Shaw, x. 343. 



Gen. 26. MUSCICAPA, Lin. 



Bill strong, angular, depressed at the base, compressed towards 

 the point, which is curved, and much notched ; base furnish- 

 ed with long and stiff hairs ; nostrils basal, lateral, ovoid, 

 partly covered by hairs ; tarsus as long as the middle toe; la- 

 teral toes almost always equal. 



This is a numerous genus and very widely dispersed, being found in almost all 

 latitudes. 



