MUSCICAPID.E. 139 



a W. Africa (Askew) 1841. 



A male of this species of which a female (one of Swainson's 

 types) is in the University Musexim. In the "Contributions to 

 Ornithology" (1851, pp. 132, 163) Strickland refers to Muscicapa 

 violacea of Verreaux MS. as a second species of this genus. 



MICRCECA. 



Micrceca, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 172. 



670. Micrceca fascinans. 



Loxia fascinans, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xlvi. 

 Micrceca fascinans, Gould, Ann. & Mag. N. H. xi. p. 337. 

 Micrceca macroptera, Gould, B. Austr. ii. pi. 93. 

 a (Argent) 1851. b (Dewgard) 1851. 



An Australian species. 



HEMICHELIDON. 

 Hemichelidon, Hodgson, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 32. 



671. Hemichelidon sibirica. 



Muscicapa sibirica, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 936. 

 Hemichelidon sibiricus, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 288. 

 Hemichelidon fuliginosus, Hodgs. I. s. c. : Jerd. B. Ind. i. 

 p. 458. 



a India (W. J. E. Boys] 1847. 



NlLTAVA. 



Niltava, Hodgson, India Rev. i. p. 650 (1837). 



672. Niltava snndara. 



Niltava sundara, Hodgs. 1. s. c. : Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 473. 

 a Nepal (B. H. Hodgson 142) 1845. b Kumaon (W. J. E. 

 Boys) 1847. c Himalaya (Bt. at Stevens's) 1850. 



673. Niltava grandis. 



Chaitaris grandis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 189. 



Niltava grandis, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 476. 



a India (" Niltava grandis " E. Blyth) 1846. 



