328 CLASS AVES. 



very broad and strong, furnished with strong bristles i 

 nostrils round, and the tail equal. They form the genus 

 Monarcha of Vigors and Horsfield. 



Muscicapa Carinata, Swain. Zool. Ill, t. 147. 



Lead-coloured ; cheek and side of neck paler ; forehead 

 and throat black ; belly, lower wing-coverts, and vent 

 ferrugineous ; length New Holland. 



The Flyeaters, Muscipeta, Cuv. 



Have the beak long and very depressed ; twice the 

 width of its height even at the base. The crest is 

 very obtuse, and yet mobile. The edges have a 

 slight oval bend. The point and the notching are 

 weak, and there are long threads at the base of the 

 beak. 



Their weakness allows them to take only insects ; 

 and many of them are adorned with long plumes at 

 the tail, or fine crests on the head,, or at least with 

 plumage of brilliant colours. 



The majority of them belong to Africa or India. 

 Some species allied to these are remarkable for 

 a beak still more enlarged and depressed than the 

 preceding. 



Others, which have the beak large and depressed, 

 are distinguished by high legs and a short tail. There 

 are but two or three known, of America, which live 

 on ants ; whence they have been united to the little 

 tribe of Thrushes called Anteaters. 



Muscicapa Cristatus, PI. Enl. 373. 2. Vail. O. A. 

 iii. 142. 1, 



