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FLYCATCHER. 



39— LUCKNOW FLYCATCHER. 



LENGTH four inches. Bill black, a few hairs at the base; 

 head, neck, back, and rump fine blue ; paler on the crown, deeper 

 through the eyes, and nearly black ; just over the eye a white streak, 

 passing downwards ; chin, middle of the neck, and breast, belly, 

 and vent, white ; tail short, even, more than one of the outer feathers 

 white some way from the base ; legs dusky. 



One, called the female, is pale brown above ; on the ears a pale 

 spot, inclining to rufous ; beneath to the breast dusky white ; the 

 rest pure white. Found about Lucknow, in India, in March. — Gen. 

 Hardwicke. 



40.— BLUE-CROWNED FLYCATCHER. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. The bill broad at the base, 

 depressed, with a few weak hairs, colour pale brown ; crown of the 

 head, above the eye, fine deep blue ; from the nostrils, sides of the 

 head, including the eyes, all round the neck, and breast full black; 

 from thence all the under parts are white ; back, wings, and tail 

 deep blue ; tail feathers white for one quarter next the base, but the 

 two middle ones are wholly deep blue ; shape even at the end, length 

 two inches and a half; the quills reach three-fourths on the tail ; legs 

 dark. — In the Collection of Lord Stanley. In some specimens, the 

 under parts, from the chin to the breast, have a blue gloss. 



41.— VERDITER FLYCATCHER. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill black, furnished with a few hairs at 

 the base ; whole plumage fine verditer blue ; tail two inches and ' 

 half long, rather hollowed out in the middle; legs dusky blue 



