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insects oil the wing, never descending to the ground, and of 

 solitary habits. Their notes are very harsh. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Crest long and pointed, reaching to upper 



part of back. 

 a'. Throat and sides of head ashy 



b' ' . Throat and sides of head glossy black . . 



b. Crest short and rounded, not reaching 



beyond nape. 

 c '. Back deep chestnut ; throat and sides 



of head bluish ashy 



d' '. Back ashy rufous. 



a". Throat and sides of head dark ashy. . 



b". Throat and sides of head black . 



T. parodist : 5 at all ages 



arid c? before second 



autumn, p. 45. 

 T. paradisi : <J after 



second autumn moult, 



p. 45. 



T. affinis : 5 a t all ages, 



c? while in chestnut 



plumage, p. 47. 

 T. nicobarica : $ at all 



agpes, p. ^48. 

 T. nicobarica : $ while in 



chestnut plumage, p.48. 



598. Terpsiphone paradisi. The Indian Paradise Flycatcher. 



Muscicapa paradisi, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 324 (1766). 



IMuscipeta paradisea, Jerd. III. Orn. pi. 7. 



Tchitrea paradisi (Linn.), Blyth, Cat. p. 203 ; Horsf. Sf M. Cat i, 



p. 133 ; Jerd. B. L i, p. 445 ; Hume, N. $ E. p. 196 ; Hume Sf 



Renders. Lah. to Yark. p. 184. 

 Muscipeta paradisi (Linn.), Cripps, S. F. vii, p. 274; Hume, Cat. 



no. 288 ; Scully, & F. yiii, p. 273 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 158. 

 Terpsiphone paradisi (Linn.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 346; Leyye, 



Birds Ceylsy. 404 ; Oates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 22. 



The Paradise Flycatcher, Jerd. ; Shah Bulbul, Hosseini Bulbul, Sultana 

 Bulbul, Taklah, Doodhraj, Hind. ; Tonka piyli pitta, Tel. ; Wai Konda- 

 lati, Tarn. 



Fig. 19. Bill of T. paradisi. 



Coloration. The young of both sexes have the forehead, crown, 

 nape, and crest metallic bluish black ; sides of the head, chin, 

 throat, and the neck all round ashy brown, the brown of the throat 

 blending gradually with the pale ashy of the breast, and this again 

 with the white of the remainder of the lower parts ; upper plumage, 



