BIRDS. IXSECTIVOILE. 



M. grisola, Lin. Spotted Fly-catcher. Plumage brownish above, 

 whitish beneath ; neck longitudinally spotted ; sides under the 

 wings tinged with dull orange ; legs short and black. About 

 six inches long. Selby, Illust. pi. 43,* fig. 1. 



M. albicollis, Tern. (M. collaris, Bechst.) The Pied Fly-catcher. 

 Top of the head, cheeks, back, small coverts of the wings, and all the 

 tail-feathers deep black ; forehead, a broad collar round the neck, 

 and lower parts pure white ; large coverts of the wings white, 

 terminated by black on the interior webs. 5 inches long. In- 

 habits Europe. Shaw, x. pi. 30. 



M. luctuosa, Tern. (M. atricapilla, Gmel.) Upper parts of the 

 body and the tail-feathers deep black ; forehead and lower parts 

 pure white ; wings brownish black, the middle and greater co- 

 verts white. 5 inches long. Inhabits Europe. B. Selby, Illust. 

 pi. 43*, fig. 2, 3. 



M. parva, Bechst. Upper parts of the body reddish ash-coloured, 

 which takes a slight bluish tint above the ears ; feathers of the 

 wings brown ash-coloured ; four middle feathers of the tail and 

 the extremities of the lateral ones blackish ; throat and breast 

 bright red, the lower parts whitish ; bill and legs brown ; hairs 

 at the base of the bill very long. 4 inches long. Inhabits Eu- 

 rope. Tern. Man. 158. 



M. cassia, Tern. Plumage of the male bluish, with the quills ashy- 

 brown ; tail-feather dusky ash ; female with the head, neck, and 

 back yellowish brown ; throat whitish ; belly and vent red ; wings 

 and tail brown. 6 inches long. Inhabits Brazil. Tern. PL Col.lJ. 



M. miniata, Tern* Top of the head and back of a fine polished steel 

 black ; lower part of the back, middle of the quills and lateral 

 tail-feathers externally of a vermilion colour ; the male with a 

 black throat. 7 inches long. Inhabits Java. Tern. PL Col. 1 55. 



M.Jlammea, Lath. Plumage black, with the back, lesser wing-co- 

 verts, breast, vent, edges of the secondary quills, and tips of the 

 tail-feathers orange-coloured. 6 inches long. Inhabits India. 

 Tern. PL Col. 263, fig. 1, 2. 



Gen. 27. MALURUS, Vieill. Sylvia, Lath. 



Bill slender, deeper than broad ; the upper mandible scarcely 

 arched, base with small stiff hairs ; nostrils basal, lateral ; 

 tarsi slender ; exterior toes united to the second joint ; wings 

 very short, rounded ; tail very long, slender. 



M. Africanus, Tern. Plumage above black, with the edges of the 

 feathers red gray ; beneath reddish white ; crown of the head 

 red, spotted with dusky ; a longitudinal black stripe on each side 

 of the throat ; tail-feathers brown, edged with red. 7 inches long. 

 Inhabits Cape of Good Hope. Swainson, Zool. Illust. pi. 170. 



M. marginalis, Tern. Plumage brown above, with the edges of the 

 feathers paler or reddish; under parts, throat, and eyebrows white; 



