118 jVIUSCICAPID.E. 



Steel-black Flycatcher glossed with green, with the under parts 



and rump white. 

 Muscicapa obscura. Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) v. xiii.p. 146. 



Inhabits Java. The upper parts of the body, 

 tail, and wings of a line blue, with a polished steel 

 lustre : the rump, under parts of the body, and outer 

 edge of the lateral tail-feathers pure white : beak and 

 legs dusky. The female is dusky above and dirty 

 white beneath : the young are dull black or greyish 

 on all the upper parts. 



Sp. 9. Mu. hyacinthina. 



Mu. Jiisco-coerulea aid viridi-ciuerea supra, infra riifa ; mas. 



capistro lorisque nigris ; f route, gala, pcctoreque azureis. 

 Flycatcher above brown-blue or ashy-green, beneath rufous ; male 



with the capistrum and lores black ; the forehead, throat, and 



breast azure. 

 Muscicapa hyacinthina. Temm. PL Col. 30. 



Inhabits the Indian Archipelago. Length six 

 inches : the male has the space round the beak and 

 the lores beautiful black : the forehead, the bend of 

 the wings, the throat, and the breast of a very bril- 

 liant azure-blue : the top of the head, the nape, and 

 all the rest of the upper parts of a fine blue, tinged 

 with cinereous : the feathers of the wings and tail are 

 brown, edged with bluish : the belly and the rest of 

 the under parts of the body are bright red. The 

 female has the upper parts of the body and the wings 

 of a fine green-ash colour ; and also the tail-feathers, 

 but the last one edged with bluish : all the under 

 parts are red, without the fine azure hue which is so 

 evident on the throat of the male. 



