

MUSCICAPINjE. 



5. P. pririt (Vieill.) Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 161. — Muscicapa 

 strepitans Licht. 



6. P. castanea Fras. Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 141., Zool. Typ.pl. 



7. P. leucopygialis Fras. Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 14]., Zool. Typ. 

 pi. 



8. ? P. torquata (Linn.) PI. enl. 572- f. 2. 

 9- ? P. capensis (Linn.) PI. enl. 572. f. 1. 



10. P. monacha (Swains.) Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 159. 



11. P. brevicauda Swains. Nat. Lib. Flyc. x. p. 189. 



12. P. perspicillata Swains. 



Todirostrum Less.* 



Bill more or less lengthened, broad at the base, and much depressed, with the culmen slightly keeled, 

 and sloping towards the tip, which is emarginated ; the lateral margins straight, and the side only nar- 

 rowing in breadth near the tip ; the gonys long and ascending ; the gape furnished with a few moderate 

 bristles ; the nostrils basal, lateral, and placed in a membranous space with the opening somewhat 

 oval. Wings moderate, with the first quill long, and the third to the sixth nearly equal and longest. 

 Tail short, and rounded on the sides. Tarsi long, slender, and covered in front with broad scales. 

 Toes rather short, slender, the outer one longer than the inner, and the hind toe long ; the claws 

 moderate, curved, and acute. 



It is in the densest woods of Brazil, especially those in the neighbourhood of water, that the species are found hop- 

 ping among the branches and the foliage of the trees, pursuing, says Mr. Swainson, their search to the extreme twig. If 

 its appearance there gives warning to some hapless insect that can fly and the attempt is made, the bird then makes a 

 little saltus or jumping flutter, two or three inches from the branch, and perhaps seizes the insect ; but if not, it will 

 still continue its search for others, as if its wings were too feeble to sustain that sudden and vigorous flight which the 

 true fly -catchers can employ when so engaged. 



1. T. cinereum (Linn.) Less. Edwards's Birds, pi. 262., Desm. 

 Todiers, t. 2., PI. enl. 585. f. 3. ? — Muscicapa meloxantha Sparrm. 

 Mus. Carls, t. 97. 



2. T. maculatum (Desm.) Less. Desm. Todiers, t. 



3. T. melanocephalum (Spix), Spix, Av. Bras. t. Q. f. 2., Swains. 

 Nat. Libr. Flyc. x. pi. 18. 



4. T. griseum (Desm.) Desm. Todiers, t. 



5. T. sylvia (Desm.) Desm. Todiers, t. 



6. T. plumbeum (Gmel.). 



7. T. recurvirostrum Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1842. p. 135. 



8. T. cinereicolle (Pr. Max.) Beitr. Nat. p. 955. — Todus me- 

 gacephalus Swains. Nat. Libr. Flyc. x.pl. 19- 



9. T. ecaudatum (D'Orb. & Lafr.) Syn. Av. p. 47., Voy. dans 

 1'Amer. Mer. Ois. t. 33. f. 1 . 



10. T. margaritaceiventer (D'Orb. & Lafr.) Syn. Av.p. 46., Voy. 

 dans l'Amer. Mer. Ois. t. 33. f. 2., Azara, No. 177. 



11. T.gulare (Natt.) (D'Orb. & Lafr.) Syn. Av. p. 46., Azara, 

 No. 169. 



12. T. orlitatum (Pr. Max.) Beitr. ii. p. 958. 



13. T. granadense Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1S43. p. 289. 



14. T. platycircus Swains. Nat. Libr. Flyc. x. p. 



15. T-fruficeps Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1843. p. 291. 



Muscivora Cuv.f 



Bill more or less long, straight, broad at the base, and narrowing near the tip ; the culmen much 

 depressed, straight, and curved at the tip, which is slightly emarginated ; the lateral margins straight 

 the gonys long and ascending ; the gape furnished with very long and strong bristles ; the nostrils basal, 



* M. Lesson established this genus in 1831 (ZV. d'Ornith. p. 384.). 



f Established by Cuvier between 1799 — 1800. Onychorhynchus of M. Fischer, Muscipeta of Cuvier (1817), Terpsichore of M. Gloger 

 (1827), and Megalophus of Mr. Swainson (1837) are synonymous with the name employed. 



