178 FLYCATCHER. 



Inhabits India. — From the collection of Gen. Hardwicke. The 

 nest composed of fibres and hairs, lined with others darker, is about 

 two inches and a half in diameter at top, and two inches deep, placed 

 on the fork of a branch, but only attached at the bottom : the eggs 

 of the size of those of our Flycatcher, greyish white, with a zone of 

 dusky spots round the middle, and others scattered above and below. 



34.— BROA D-TAILED FLYCATCHER. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half. The bill black, soft, much 

 depressed at the base ; the upper mandible carinated, and slightly 

 curved at the point, near which it has a notch ; nostrils oval, pervious ; 

 tongue lacerated at the point; base of the bill surrounded with 

 many strong bristles, turned forwards, almost as long as the bill ; the 

 feathers of the frontlet erect; irides dark brown ; plumage black, in- 

 clining to ash-colour on the body, and to dusky beneath on the quills 

 and tail ; above each eye a whitish line, and another running from 

 the throat, beneath each ear; tail rounded, the two middle feathers 

 four inches long ; the outer ones much shorter, colour black ; the four 

 outer tipped with white ; legs dirty purple, the middle and outer toe 

 united at the base, as far as the first joint; hind claw the strongest. 

 One of the sexes has the upper wing coverts margined with brown, 

 and the plumage nearly black. 



Inhabits India, found about Calcutta, but is not common ; feeds 

 on insects, always seen in pairs ; called by the Bengalese and Mus- 

 sulmans, Chakdyal ; and in the Persic, Chuk-da-heel, for it is consi- 

 dered, though falsely, of the same Genus with the Dyal Grakle ; it 

 is called Chak, or Wheel Dyal, from its turning frecmently round, 

 hanging its wings, and spreading the tail in the manner of the 

 Fan-tailed Species. — Dr. Buchanan. 



