MUSGCICAPIDA. ——- MUSCICAPIN/A. 259 
- outer more or less united to the middle toe. Tro- 
pical America only. 
T. viridis. Lin. Zool. DL. ii. pl. 66. 
Lepturus, Sw. (fig. 228.d) Bill triangular, gradually 
narrowed from the base, culminated. Wings ex- 
cessively small, and very much rounded ; the lesser 
quills being nearly as long as the primaries. Tail 
lengthened, very slender. [Feet large, much de- 
veloped. Claws slender, and but slightly curved. 
L. fulviceps. Braz. Birds. 
Platystera, Jard. Selby. (fig. 228. ¢) Bill somewhat 
lengthened, boat-shaped: culmen sharp. Wings 
moderate, rounded ; the first quill almost spurious. 
Tail broad, short ; the sides rounded. Tarsi length- 
ened. Africa only. 
P. lobata. Ill. of Orn. i. pl. 9. 
Muscrcara, Linn. (fig. 229.) Feet very small. Tarsi 
short, not much longer than the hind toe and claw 
(except in Muscicapa proper). Bill broad at the 
base, gradually narrowing towards the tip, where 
it is compressed on the sides; the tip abruptly 
hooked. Wings and tail somewhat lengthened and 
rounded, but both fully developed; the first quill 
of the wing is always spurious. | 
* Cryptolopha, Sw. (fig. 229.a) Bill short, triangular, 
resembling that of Lepturus. Rictus with lengthened 
_* We propose substituting this name for Sezcircus, used in the former 
part of this volume, to avoid any confusion of this group with those of 
Seisura and Seiurus. 
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