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hooked and notched ; the ridge of the cuhnen raised ; nostrils 

 somewhat in front, protected by a few stent nareal bristles, and 

 plumed at their base ; gape wide ; rictal bristles numerous, long, 

 and stout ; wings ratlier long, somewhat pointed ; the first four 

 quills unequally graduated ; 4th and 5th sub-equal and longest ; tail 

 rather long, cuneate, with the two central feathers greatly elon- 

 gated in the male ; feet and legs short and feeble ; head crested. 

 This is a very beautiful group of birds found both in Africa and 

 India, to one of which Linnaeus gave the name of paradisi, and 

 they are popularly known in India as Birds-of-paradise. Several 

 of the species undergo a remarkable change of plumage, from 

 chesnut to white. Of late the Indian species have been separated 

 as Terpsiphone, Gloger ; and Tchitrea is retained for the African 

 birds. 



288. Tchitrea paradisi, Lin. 



Muscicapa apud Linn^us — Blyth, Cat. 1225 — Horsf., Cat. 

 168 — Muscipeta paradisi and M. Indica, Stephens, apud Sykes, 

 Cat. 36, and 37, and Jerdon, Cat. 146 and 147 — Jerdon, 111. 

 Ind. Orn., pi. 7 — Gould, B. of Asia, pi. Shah hulhul and 

 Hosseini bulbul, H. (the white bird), Svltana bullml^ H. (the 

 red bird). — Taklah, H. in the N. W. P. — Tonka pigli pitta, 

 Tel. — Wal hondalati, Tarn., both niimes meaning Long-tailed 

 Bulbul. 



The Paradise Flycatcher. 



Descr. — Adult male — Whole head with the full crest, neck and 

 throat, glossy green-black ; the rest of the plumage white, the 

 feathers more or less black-shafted ; primaries and secondaries black, 

 with the outer webs white, and also the edge of inner webs of the 

 innermost quills. Head with a full crest of elongated feathers ; 

 two central tail-feathers greatly elongated. 



The adult female is similar to the male, its middle tail-feathers 

 are only slightly lengthened. 



The younger male has the head, neck, and throat, glossy black, 

 the abdomen white, and the rest of the plumage light chesnut. 



