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are dusky, edged with white : the tail dusky : the 

 throat and the breast are whitish sh'ghtly tinged with 

 ash, and the rest of the under parts are straw colour : 

 the beak and legs are black. 



Sp. 19. Mu. Banyumas. Linn. Trans. {Horsf.) xiii. p, 146. — 

 Muscicapa cantatrix. Tcmm. PI. Col. 226. yi 1. male j 2. fe- 

 male. 



Mu } supra saturato cyaneo nigricans ; subtus hadia, 'ventre paU 



lidiore ; remigibus rectricibusque infra nigris. 

 Flycatcher } above deep dusky blue ; beneath chesnut, with the 



belly paler ; the quills and tail-feathers black beneath. 



Inhabits Java. Length six inches : the male has 

 a broad band of deep azure on the forehead, the 

 extremities of which terminate over the eyes : the 

 regions of the lores, and round the beak, are velvety 

 black : the cheeks and the feathers on the ears are 

 bluish-black : the top of the head, the nape, the back, 

 the wings, and the tail are blue ; the colour being 

 the clearest on the bend of the wing : the quills and 

 tail beneath are black : the throat, the fore part of 

 the neck and the breast are clear bright red : the 

 belly, vent, and under tail-coverts are whitish-red. 

 The female has the band on the forehead, the region 

 of the lores, and round the eyes, whitish : the top of 

 the head, and the nape, ash-colour : the back olive : 

 the tail and wings brown, edged with reddish : the 

 under parts resemble those of the male, but the co- 

 lours are more clear : the beak is black, and the legs 

 grey. 



It affects woods, and is said to sing very melo- 

 diously. 



