354 CLASS AVES. 



Muscicapa Straminea, Natterer, PI. 

 Col. t. 167. f. 2. 



Blue ; throat blueish-white ; crest and eye-streak, and 

 two wing-bands, white ; tail and quills black ; belly and 

 chest yellowish. 



Muscicapa Stenura, Temm. PI. Col. 

 t. 167. f. 3. 



Tail long, wedge-shaped ; throat, belly, and eye-streak, 

 white ; crown, wing, and tail, black. 



Muscicapa Flamiceps, Temm. PI. Col. 

 t. 144. f. 3. 



Brown ; beneath white ; quills and tail blackish ; se- 

 condaries and wing-coverts white- tipt ; crest scarlet. 



Prince Maximilian in his travels mentions — 1. Mus- 

 cicapa Vociferans, 1. p. 38. M. Ampelina of Illiger. 

 2. M. Rupestris, ii. 151. M. Rivularis, ii. 167, and 

 M. Mastacalis, iii. 50. All from Brazils. 



In others the tail is compressed; the side feathers 

 oblique ; the middle ones longer, vertical ; the central 

 rib of all ending in a point. The genus Alecturus of 

 Vieillot. It is peculiar to South America. 



Alecturus Tricolor, Vieil. Muscicapa Alector, B. Max. 

 M. Alectura, Temm. Le Petit Coq, Azara, n. 225. 

 Plate made up. PI. Col. t. 156. Gal. Ois. t. 132. 



Above black ; beneath white ; broad interrupted chest- 

 band, capistrum, rump and humerus white ; quills 

 black ; white-edged secondaries ; inner web white ; tail 

 black. Female and young sooty ; where male black ; 

 tail flat ; feathers square. Length five inches and a 

 half 



