MTJSCICAPIM. 



12. R. fuscoventris Frankl. Proc. Z. S. 1831. p. 117. — Musci- 

 capa (Muscylva) albogularis Less. ; M. phcenicura Kuhl ; It. sannio 

 Sundev. ? 



13. R. nigritorquis Vigors, Proc. Z. S. 1831. p. 97. — Muscicapa 

 bambusfE Kittl. Kupfer. Vog. t. 9. f. 2. ? 



14. R. dryas Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 132. 



15. R. isurus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 1 74. 



16. R. collaris Less. Rev. Zool. 1839. p. 103. 



17. R. (Homb. & Jacq.) Voy. de l'Astrol. Ois. t. 4. f. 4. 



18. R. atricapttla (Lath.) Lamb. Icon. ined. ii. 52. 



19. R. rufifrons (Lath.) Vig. & Horsf. Lewin, B. N. Holl.pl. 13. 



20. B. motacilloides Vig. & Horsf. Linn. Trans, xv. 248. 



21. R. superciliosa (Sparrm.) Mus. Carls, t. 96. 



22. R. javanica (Sparrm.) Mus. Carls, t. 75. — Rhipidura um- 

 bellata Sundev. 



23. R. laticauda (Swains.) Nat. Libr. Flyc. pi. 11. 



24. R. perspicillata (Vieill.) Le Vaill. Ois. d' Afr. t. 1 52. 



25. R. setosa (Quoy & Gaim.) Voy. de l'Astrol. Ois. t. 4. f. 4. 



26. R. melanoleuca (Quoy & Gaim.) Voy. de l'Astrol. Ois. t. 4. 

 f. S. 



27. R. phamicura Mull. & Schl. Verb. Nat. Gesch. Nedcrl. p. 

 1S5. 



28. R. threnathorax Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. 

 p. 185. 



29. R. rufiventris Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. p. 

 185. 



30. R. gularis Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. p. 185. 



31. R. ochrogastra Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. 

 p. 185. 



32. R. euryura Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. p. 185. 



33. R. perlata Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. p. 185. 



34. R. semicollaris Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. 

 p. 184. 



35. R. squamata Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. p. 1 84. 



36. R. aureola Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 390. 



37- R- hypoxantha (Bl.) — Chelidorynx chrysoschistos Hodgs, ; 

 Type of Chelidorynx Hodgs. (1845). 



38. R. ceylonensis (Swains.) Zool. 111. pi. 13. — Cryptolopha 

 poiocephala Swains. Nat. Libr. x. pi. 23. ; Type of Cryptolopha 

 Swains. (1837). 



39. R. auricapilla (Swains.) Two Cent, and a Quart, p. 343. 



40. ? R. arrogans (Sundev.) Phys. sellsk. Tidsk. i. 62 Mus- 

 cicapa bilineata Less. 



Tchituea Less.* 



Bill more or less long, broad, and rather depressed at the base, with the culmen slightly curved, and 

 the sides compressed towards the tip, which is emarginated ; the lateral margins nearly straight, and 

 the gonys long and slightly ascending ; the gape furnished with long slender bristles ; the nostrils basal, 

 lateral, exposed, and rounded. Wings long, with the first four quills graduated, and the fourth and 

 fifth ecmal and longest. Tail long and graduated, with the middle feathers sometimes prolonged. 

 Tarsi as long as the middle toe, and covered in front with scales that are slightly divided. Toes 

 moderate, with the outer longer than the inner toe, and the hind toe long ; the claws long, compressed, 

 curved, and acute. 



These birds are found in Western and Southern Africa, India, and its archipelago. They frequent forests and even 

 gardens, always selecting the lofty trees, from the highest branches of which they occasionally make a dart after insects 

 on the wing, now and then snapping a caterpillar or some apterous insect off a branch. Their flight is short, generally 

 only from one tree to another, but it is very elegant and rapid. At certain seasons several of the birds may be observed 

 flying after one another, seizing each other by the long feathers of the tail, and not loosing their hold until the 

 feather is broken off, or a portion of it remains in their bill. The nest is formed in a fork of a branch, and is composed 

 of twigs and fibres, in shape of a deep purse open at the top. The eggs are two to four in number. 



1. T. paradisi (Linn.) Edwards's Birds, pi. 113., PI. enl. 234. 

 f. 2., Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 146. — M. castanea Temm. PI. enl. 234. 

 f. 1., Edwards's Birds, pi. 325., Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 144, 145. ; 

 Muscipeta indica Steph., Jerd. 111. Ind. Ornith. pi. 7- 



2. T. mutata (Gmel.) PI. enl. 248. f. 2., Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 

 148. — Muscipeta bicolor Swains. 



3. T. holosericea (Temm.) PI. enl. 248. f.l., Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. 

 t. 147. — Muscicapa mutata var. Lath. 



4. T. rufiventris (Swains.) Birds of W. Afr. pi. 4. — Tchitrea 

 casaniansa? Less. 



5. L. Gaimardi Less. Traite d'Ornith. p. 386. 



6. T. senegalensis Less. Rev. Zool. 1838. p. 278. 



M. Lesson established this genus in 1831 (Tr. d'Ornith. p. 386.). It embraces Philentoma of Mr. Eyton (1845), 



