AVES. 547 



Platyrhyiichos Horsfieldi. — Horsfield's Platyrliynchos. Plate xxxvii'*. fi-f. 

 5. Upper parts, wings, and tail, dark blackish-browu ; head crested, of blaclv. 

 isli purple, which is also the colour of the throat and breast, changiuy inin 

 orange ; the regio parotica, beautiful violet; tectrices and remiges clKuded 

 with bright gamboge-yellow ; tail with a square yellow spot on each feather ; 

 base of the six central rectrices the same colour ; irides orange ; legs grayish 

 yellow. Six inches long. Inhabits Sumatra. 



Genus 26.— MUSCIPET A.— CMmer. 



Generic Character. — Both mandibles of the bill considerably depressed, 

 broader than deep ; upper mandible with a sharp ridge, hooked at poiut 

 and notched ; lower mandible pointed, the base beset with long nuchal 

 hairs, not unfrequently entending beyond the bill ; nostrils open, placed 

 at the base of the bill ; side toes unequal, the external one attached to 

 the second joint; first three quills graduated, the fourth and fifth the longest 



Muscipeta regia. — The Coast Muscipeta. Plate x.\xix**. tig. 8. lirowu 

 above, cream white beneath, with waved streaks of brown ; crest rust- 

 ooliiured, black at the edges; a white streak over the eyes, and white 

 under the chin; bill dusky ; legs flesh-coloured. Seven inches long. Inha. 

 bits Cayenne. 



Gemis 21.— UVSCICAP A— Linnaus. 



Generic Character.— Bill medium-sized, sub-triangular, depressed at the 

 base, strong, and compressed towards the tip, which is deflected ; both man. 

 dibles are emarginate ; base with long stiff nuchal bristles; nostrils basal, 

 lateral, and ovoid, partly hid by hairs; tarsus same length as the middle toe ; 

 lateral toes nearly of equal length, the external one joined at its base to the 

 middle toe ; first quill very short, the second shorter than the third and 

 fourth, the latter being longer than the rest. 



■ Muscicapa luctuosa. — The Pied Flycatcher. Plate xxxii*. fig. 3. Head and 

 upper parts of the body black, forehead and under parts pure white ; wings 

 brownish. black, the middle and greater coverts white j tail black. Five 

 inches long. Inhabits Europe. 



Gemui 23.—MAl.VRVS.— Vieillot. 



Generic Character. — Bill slender, deeper than broad; upper mandible 

 6li{;htly arcuated, base with nuchal bristles ; nostrils lateral, basal ; exterior 

 toes united as far as the second joint ; wings rounded, very short ; tail sleii. 

 der and long. 



Malurus ryaneus. — The Superb Warbler. I'late xxxvii*. fig. I. Described, 

 vol. iii. p. 2C3. 



Genus 29.— SYLVIA. — Latham. 



Generic Character. — Bill straight, slender, subulate, deeper than broad at 

 the base ; upper mandible frequently notched, the under one straight ; nos- 

 trils lateral, ovoid, situated at the base of the bill, partly covered by a mem. 

 brane ; tarsus somewhat longer than the middle too ; first quill very ^ll()rt, 

 a- wanting in some species, second and third nearly of the same length ; wings 

 short, coverts and scapulars abbreviated. 



Section ). — Aq'iatic Wabbi.eus — A'ertox of the head depressed; wings 



