180 FLYCATCHER. 



rather darker than the upper parts ; the latter three inches and three 

 quarters long, much rounded, or slightly cuneiform ; the wing reaches 

 about a quarter of the length ; legs pale asli. 



Inhabits India. — From the drawings of Sir John Anstruther. 

 It seems somewhat allied to the last. 



37.— AZURE FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa caerulea, Lid. Orn.'u. 476. Gm.Lin.'i. 943. Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 312. 



Le petit Azuv, Buf. iv. 524. 



L'Azur a calotte eta Collier noir, Levail. Afr. iv. 11. pi. 153. 1. 2. 



Gobe-mouche bleu des Philippines, PL enl. 666. 1. — female. 



Azure Flycatcher, Gen. Syn.m. 339. Shaw's Zool. x. 383. 



LENGTH near six inches. Bill black, at the base a few short 

 hairs ; plumage in general glossy azure blue ; belly, thighs, and 

 vent, white ; at the hindhead, and on the breast, a spot of black ; 

 quills and tail blue black, the first edged with blue grey ; the last 

 rounded at the end, the feathers rather pointed ; legs pale reddish 

 brown. 



Inhabits the Philippine Islands. — In Levaillant's bird the black 

 on the breast is in the shape of a crescent. 



The female is smaller, the colours paler, and more uniform ; 

 no gloss on the top of the head, nor black crescent on the breast ; 

 but the belly and vent are white as in the male ; legs slender, black : 

 in both the tail is much rounded. That in the PI. enl. is the female. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. Both sexes usually found 

 together, in the great woods on the coast of Natal, orCaflre country; 

 seen on the tops of great trees, catching flies ; makes a nest of dried 

 fibres, and moss without ; eggs rufous grey, and five in number. 



A. — Length five inches and a half. Bill black, base hairy ; 

 plumage fine blue; belly and vent white; across the back part of 



