AMPELID^K. 151 



292. Muscipeta Leucura, Lath. ; Cuvier, Vol. 



1, p. 342 ; Eryihrosterna Leucura, Bl. 

 ASHY- GREY ; Beneath white ; middle tail-feathers black ; outer 

 pair nearly quite white, the rest half obliquely white. 

 Length, 4|". 



Cited by Cuvier (loc. cit.) as a South African species ; but in reality 

 comes from India. 



293. Muscipeta Rufiventris, Gmei. ; PI. En, t. 



572, f. 3. ; Guv., Vol. 1., p. 344. 

 BLACK ; vent red. 



South Africa. Cuvier (loc. cit.) ; but is in reality a Bourbon bird. 



294. Muscicapa Albifrons, Sparm.; MUS,, t. 24 ; 



Cuv., Vol. 1, p. 342. 



BLACK-BROWN ; chest whitish; belly, pale ferrugineous ; fore- 

 head whitish. 



Supposed to be an Australian species, though cited by Cuvier as 

 South African. 



295. Muscicapa Cserulea, GmL, PL F-i.,t. 666, 



f. 1 ; Cuv., Vol. 1, p. 341 ; Myiagra Ccerulea, Swain- 

 son ; Mus. Oaelestina, Licht. ; L'Azur d callotte et d 

 collier noir, Le Vail., PL 153. 



GENERAL colour, blue; nape and chest with a black bar; 

 belly and vent, bluish- white ; tail and quills, blue-black* 

 Length, about 6". 



I have not seen this bird in any collection made in this country. 

 In Ceylon I was well acquainted with it. (See my notes on the Orni- 

 thology of Ceylon, No. 124, Ann. and Mag. Nat. His.) 



Le Vaillant says he found them in the woods on the coast of Natal 

 and Kanraria ; they perched npon the tops of the large trees, in the 

 thickest branches of which' they built their nest, of long thin fibres, 

 well lined with moss. Eggs, five ; of a grey russet. It is extremely 

 improbable that this statement should be true. It is a well-known 

 Indian species. 



The Fourth Family, AMPELUXffi, or 

 Chatterers, 



have the bill moderate, more or less broad at the base, and 

 more or less depressed, with the sides gradually compressed 

 to the tip, which is emarginated ; the wings long, and 

 generally rounded; the tail moderate, and usually even at 



