128 MUSCICAPIDJE. 



the back, and the wing-coverts grey-white : the quills 

 and tail-feathers black in the middle, with broad white 

 edges : the long lateral feathers of the last are totally 

 black : the legs are black : the beak yellowish-brown : 

 the irides are brown : length about thirteen inches. 

 The female is only eight inches in length : the top of 

 the head and the middle of the back are clothed with 

 brown feathers edged with yellowish-white : the nape, 

 the scapulars, the rump, the belt on the breast, the 

 sides, and the vent, are reddish-isabella colour : the 

 throat, tbe region of the eyes, and the middle of the 

 belly white : the wing and tail-feathers are edged 

 with clear red : and the racket at the end of the 

 outer tail-feather is perfect black. 



There can be little question that this remarkable 

 bird should be detached from the Flycatchers, and 

 ranked as a distinct genus ; but as my object is merely 

 an endeavour to introduce such genera as have already 

 been established by others (arranged in conformity to 

 the beautiful theory which I have repeatedly alluded 

 to), I have placed it conditionally among the Musci- 

 capae, with a mark of doubt as to its location in 

 that genus ; a method which I have adopted in all 

 cases throughout this arrangement, where there is 

 apparently a deviation from the typical species of any 

 <renus. 



GENUS LXL— ALECTRURUS, ViciJlot. 



Rostrum basi glabrum et dc- 

 pressum, coni co-con vcxum , 

 apice aduncum ; mandi- 

 bida inferior recta. 



Beak glabrous and depressed 

 at the base, conic-convex, 

 with its tip hooked ; the 

 lower mandible straight. 



