159 



Dimensions. 



Bill cobalt-blue ; irides deep brown ; eyelids cobalt-blue ; legs 

 pale lavender-blue. 



Adult male. Whole head with the full crest, neck and throat, 

 glossy green-black, the rest of the plumage white, the feathers 

 more or less black shafted ; primaries and secondaries black, with 

 the outer webs white, and also the edge of inner webs of the 

 innermost quills ; head with a full crest of elongated feathers ; 

 two central tail-feathers greatly elongated. 



The adult female is similar to the male ; its middle tail-feathers 

 are only slightly elongated. 



The^ younger male has the head, neck, and throat, glossy black, 

 the abdomen white, and the rest of the plumage light chesnut. 

 The young female has the same, without the long tail. 



In a still younger state, the throat, breast, upper part of abdo- 

 men, and the flanks are ashy. 



The Paradise Fly-catcher is probably a permanent resident 

 throughout the district, but is very locally distributed. It is some- 

 what rare in Sind. I found it breeding near Neemuch in Central 

 India. 



GENUS, Myiagra (Hypoihymis) Vigors. 

 Bill of moderate length, broad, triangular, suddenly narrowed, 

 straight; tip well hooked and distinctly notched ; rictal bristles 

 long, slender, numerous ; nostrils small, basal, plumed at the base 

 and overhung by a few fine hairs ; wings moderate, broad, fourth 

 and fifth quills about equal and longest ; tail rather long, even or 

 slightly rounded ; tarsus rather short ; feet very small ; outer-toe 

 much longer than inner one, much syndactyle. 



Hypothymis azurea, Bodd. 



290. Myiagra azurea, Bodd. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I. 

 p. 450; Butler, Deccan ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 395. 



THE BLACK-NAPED BLUE FLY-CATCHER. 

 Length, 6 to 6'5 ; expanse, 8'5 ; wing, 275 to 2'85 ; tail, 275 



