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MUSCICAPIDiE. 



Steel-black Flycatcher glossed with green, with the under parts 



and rump white. 

 Muscicapa obscura. Linn. Trans, {Horsf.) v. xiii. p. 146. 



Inhabits Java. The upper parts of the body, 

 tail, and wings of a fine blue, with a polished steel 

 lustre : the rump, under parts of the body, and outer 

 edge of the lateral tail-feathers pure white : beak and 

 legs dusky. The female is dusky above and dirty 

 white beneath : the young are dull black or greyish 

 on all the upper parts. 



Sp. 9. Mu. hyacinthina. 



Mu. Jusco-ccerulea aut viridi-cinerea supra, infra rufa ; mas. 



capistro lorisque 7iigris ; fronte, gula, pectoreque azureis. 

 Flycatcher above brown-blue or ashy-green, beneath rufous male 



with the capistrum and lores black ; the forehead, throat, and 



breast azure. 

 Muscicapa hyacinthina. Temm, PL Col. 30. 



Inhabits the Indian Archipelago. Length six 

 inches : the male has the space round the beak and 

 the lores beautiful black : the forehead, the bend of 

 the wings, the throat, and the breast of a very bril- 

 liant azure-blue : the top of the head, the nape, and 

 all the rest of the upper parts of a fine blue, tinged 

 with cinereous : the feathers of the wings and tail are 

 brown, edged with bluish : the belly and the rest of 

 the under parts of the body are bright red. The 

 female has the upper parts of the body and the wings 

 of a fine green-ash colour ; and also the tail-feathers, 

 but the last one edged with bluish : all the under 

 parts are red, without the fine azure hue which is so 

 evident on the throat of the male. 



