CRESTED LONG -TAILED PYE. 
This cunous and beautiful bird is said, by 
some naturalists, to be theMuscicapa Paradisi of 
Linnaeus. The bill is of a dark ash-colour, 
pretty straight, sharp-pointed, and angled ; the 
neck and head are covered with black feathers, 
refleilinga blue or greenish glbss ; and the plu- 
mage on the crown forms a crest. The back, 
wings, and tail, are of a bright reddish cin- 
namon colour ; the tips of the quills are 
dusky ; and the two middle feathers of the 
tail are longer than the exterior ones at least 
nine inches. The breast is of a bluish ash- 
colour ; the belly, thighs, and coverts under 
the tail, are white; and the kgs, feet, and 
claws, are ash-coloured. 
Brisson is said to describe the same bird, in 
three different places of his Ornithology, by 
the names of tlic Crested Fly-Catcher of the 
Cape of Good Hope ; the White Fly-Catcher 
of the Cape of Good Hope ; and the Crested 
Fly-Catcher of Brasil. These three, Buffoa 
says. 
