SWALLOW-TAILED FLYCATCHER. 427 
Muscicapa ForrFicara, (mel. Linn. Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 931.—Lath. Ind. Ornith. 
vol. ii. p. 485.—Ch. Bonaparte, Synopsis of Birds of United States, p. 275. 
SwaLtow-TaILeD Frycatcner, Muscicara ForFricata, Bonap. Amer. Ornith. 
vol. i. p. 15, pl. 2, fig. 1. 
SwaLLow-TaILED FrycarcHer, Vutiall, Manual, vol. i. p. 275. 
Adult Male. Plate CCCLIX. Fig. 3. 
Bill of moderate length, rather stout, subtrigonal, depressed at the 
base, straight ; upper mandible with its dorsal outline nearly straight, 
and declinate, to near the tip, which is deflected, slender, compressed, 
and acute, the edges sharp and overlapping, with a slight notch close 
to the tip; lower mandible with the angle rather long and wide, the 
back broad at the base, the dorsal line ascending and very slightly con- 
vex, the edges sharp, the tip acute. Nostrils basal, roundish, partly 
covered by the bristly feathers. 
Head rather large; neck short; body ovate. Feet short; tarsus 
with six anterior very broad scutella. Toes free, slender; the first 
stout, the lateral equal; claws rather long, arched, slender, much com- 
pressed, very acute. 
Plumage soft and blended. Bristles at the base of the upper man- 
dible strong. Wings rather long, the first four quills longest, with 
their inner webs emarginate and attenuate atthe end. Tail very long, 
deeply forked, of twelve broad, rounded feathers. 
Bill and feet black. Iris hazel. Upper part of the head, the cheeks, 
and the hind part and sides of the neck, ash-grey ; scapulars and back 
darker and tinged with reddish-brown; the rump darker, the upper 
tail-coverts black. Wings brownish-black, all the feathers margined 
with greyish-white, the anterior wing-coverts scarlet ; tail feathers 
deep black, with their terminal margins white, the three outer on 
each side pale rose-coloured to near the end. The throat, fore part of 
neck and breast, pure white; the sides, abdomen, and lower tail-co- 
verts, and lower wing-coverts, pale rose-colour ; the axillary feathers 
bright scarlet. 
Length to end of tail 113 inches, to end of wings 7}; tail to the 
fork 25%, to the end 51; wing from flexure 5}; bill along the ridge 3, 
along the edge of lower mandible 4; tarsus 3; hind toe g, its claw iy ; 
middle toe 74, its claw ?%. 
