Ordo INsEssoreEs. 
Tribus DENTIROSTRES. 
Fam. MuscicapPip®. 
Genus PHANICORNIS. 
Tas. VII. 
PHANICORNIS PRINCEPS. 
Pheen. capite, collo, dorso summo, alis, rectricibusque duabus medits nigris ; corpore infertort, dorso 
amo, fascia lata alarum, maculis paucis remigum secundariarum, rectricitbusque lateralibus 
aurantio-cocciners ; rostro fortiori. 
Longitudo corporis, 9 unc.; ale, 4+; caudew, 44; rostri, 1; tarsi, +. 
Ir was not till after the publication of the Plates of this richly coloured bird and its allied species, that it was 
discovered that Mr. Swainson had separated the form to which they expressly belong, from the rest of the 
Fly-catchers, into a new genus under the name of Phenicornis, taking the Muscicapa flammea of former 
authors as its type. Of this genus, which has been well characterized and most justly separated by Mr. 
Swainson, the accompanying Plates represent three well-marked species, of which the present is the largest 
and most brilliant in its markings. Its characters are, however, the same as in the rest of its genus, except 
perhaps that its bill is somewhat more strongly developed. 
With the exception of a single specimen in a private collection, that from which the figure was taken is 
the only one with which we are acquainted. Both these specimens were males ; the female has not yet been 
seen. 
To the history of this species nothing can be added ; the specimens alluded to, however, were from the 
Himalayan range, to which it is suspected its Aabitat is confined. 
The whole of the head, throat, shoulders, upper part of the back, scapulars, tips of the quill-feathers and 
secondaries, and the two middle tail-feathers, are of a deep glossy black; a large central spot in the wings, 
the edges of the secondaries, and the whole of the rest of the plumage are of a lively orange-scarlet. 
The figure is of the natural size. 
