MUSCICAPA INDIGO. 



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Ord. 11"?° Les Passereaux, Cuvier. V^ Famille, Les Dentirostres. 



Oed. IIP^ Insectivores, Temminck. 



Ord. VI. Passeres, Linn. Syst. 



Ord. II. Ambulatores, Illiger. Fam. 11, Canori. 



MUSCICAPA, LAnn. Br'iss. Lath. Cuv. Temm. Illiger, &c. 



Char. Gen. RostrV/in mediocre, robustum, grypaneum, depressum, dertro plerum- 

 que adunco, tomiis pone apicem utrinsecus emarginatis. Vibrissce mastacales 

 patentes elongatas. Nares basales, laterales, subrotunda;, patulee, vibrissis 

 mastacalibus partim obtectse. Pedes ambulatorii, mediocres, congrui. Acro- 

 podia scutulata. Unguis posticus incurvus, antico medio major. (Illiger.) 



Muscicapa obscure c^esia, remigibus rectricibusque nigris, his basi axiUis ventre 



crissoque albidis. • • 



Nil-nilan, of the Javanese. 

 Muscicapa Indigo, Horsf. Syst. Arrangement of Birds from Java, Linn. Trans. 



Vol. XIII. p. 146. • 



The specific name of our bird is a synonyme of that given to it by the natives 

 of Java. The simple and uniform plumage requires Httle illustration from descrip- 

 tion. The general colour is Indigo-blue with an obscure reflection of sea-green, 

 agreeably to the fight to which it is exposed. The base of the biU is bordered by 

 very minute plvimes of a velvet black colour, which, however, scarcely appear 

 beyond the general covering. The vibrissce projecting over the nares are rigid, but 

 not very numerous. The bill is greatly depressed, broad at the base, and suddenly 

 attenuated : it approaches to the form of that of the Platyrhinchi. On the summit 

 of the head the blue colour is considerably brighter ; but it appears obscurely, and is 

 confined to a narrow border on the exterior vanes of the quill and secondary feathers, 

 and on the exterior feathers of the tail. The colour of the wings at the extremity 



