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MUSCICAPID^. 



b. Rectricihus intermediis valde elongatis. 



b. With the intermediate tail-feathers much elongated. 



Sp. 27. Mu? Colon. 



Mu. nigra, capite ccBrulescente-albido ; f route luteo; uropygio 

 rectricibusque lateralibus pogoniis externis albis. 



Black Flycatcher ? with the head of a bluish-white ; the forehead 

 luteous ; the rump and outer webs of the exterior tail-feathers 

 white. 



Le Colon. Voy. d'Azara, in. 1 80. — Peruvian Flycatcher. Lath. 

 Gen. Hist. vi. 257.pl' cii. 



Inhabits Paraguay during the winter. Length, 

 from the beak to the end of the usual tail-feathers, 

 five inches, but to that of the lengthened feathers 

 eight inches and three quarters : beak broad and flat, 

 straight, and a trifle bent at the tip : furnished with 

 hairs at its base, and black : eyes large : head bluish- 

 white, mixed, as far as the eye, with buff : front buff 

 colour: rump and outer webs of the exterior tail- 

 feathers white : the rest of the plumage full black : 

 tail-feathers little more than one inch and a half 

 long, the two middle ones excepted, which exceed the 

 others by about three inches ; these last are webbed 

 as usual at the base and tips, but the middle part 

 consists of a mere shaft : legs black. 



This very singular species was discovered by 

 D'Azara, in Paraguay : it will probably be removed 

 to a new genus. 



and 20th, from their structure and the length of their tail, to 

 Malurus; and the 18th to Parus, by its short beak and general 

 habit. 



