ORDEK PASSERES, 373 



Edolius Azureus, Temm. PI. Col. 

 t.225. $. 



Fine blue ; bill, quill, tail, and legs black ; tail nearly 

 even. 



Edolius Remifer, Temm. PI. Col. 

 t. 178. 



Above shining-black blown, beneath dull black ; tail 

 square ; two outer tail-feathers very long, middle 

 beardless, filiform, and dilated ; length nine inches ; 

 female, outer tail-feathers like the rest. Java. 



Dicrurus Mystaceus, Vieil. D. a Mous- 

 taches, Vail. O. A. t. 169 ? Muscicapa Divaricata^ 

 Licht. 

 Black ; tail slightly nicked, as long as the body ; tips 

 of the tail-feathers dilated, divaricated ; length nine 

 inches, tail four inches and a half; habit stout. 

 Senegal. 



Dicrurus Musicus, Vieil. Muscicapa 

 Einarginata, Licht. Drongear, Vail. O. A. t. 167, 168. 



Black ; tail slightly nicked, shorter than the body, di- 

 varicated ; length nine to ten inches, tail four to four 

 and a half Africa. 



Lichtenstein very justly remarks that the distinction 

 of the species is very difficult ; the young have the belly 

 grayish ; the length of the tail and wings varies ; the 

 adult are quite black, and the jaws and the bill are the 

 same in all the species ; they all have mustachios at 

 the base. 



Coracias Puella, Lath. PI. Col. t. 70. 255. 

 Irena Puella, Horsf Java, t. 



Nape, neck, and lesser wing-coverts splendid blue ;, 

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