MUSCICAPA BAN YUM AS. 
It has a loud and very agreeable note. During my visit to Banyumas, a province 
on the western confines of the native Prince's territory, I not unfrequently observed 
it in the forests which cover the hills in the vicinity of the capital. I was then 
unacquainted with the locality of its distribution, and from this cause have to regret 
the imperfection of my materials ; for it never occurred to me in the eastern parts of 
Java, to which my Researches M ere chiefly confined. 
Two specimens only remained to be consulted in the following description. 
Their appearance is represented in our figure with sufficient accuracy ; but it is to 
be remarked, that on the flexure of the wings, and on the forehead, the light blue 
tint, inclining to azure, should appear with greater brilliancy. M. Temmincks figure 
of the Muscicapa cantatrix, which has above been cited as a Synonym, represents 
a defined fine along the forehead, extending backward over the eyes, which in our 
specimens is less distinctly marked, It is also clearly pointed out in his description. 
The upper parts are dark indigo blue, with a lighter tint inclining to azure, on 
the flexure of the wings, and on the frontal band above mentioned. The internal 
vanes of the intermediate tail-feathers, and the quill-feathers at their extremity, and 
along the internal margin, as well as the tail underneath, are black. The junction 
of the mandibles, the base of the bill generally above and underneath, and the 
region between this and the eyes, are surrounded by delicate velvet-like plumes, of 
an intense black colour. A mark of the same colour commences at the gape of the 
bill, stretching first backward to enclose the orbits ; and then, descending along the 
sides of the neck, terminates in a sharp point near the shoulder. Underneath our 
bird has an orange tint, more saturated and rufous on the throat and breast, inclining 
to yellow on the plumes of the vent and of the abdomen. The irides are dark 
coloured, and the feet brown. The bill is black, rather broad at the base, and less 
elevated and strong than in many other Fly-catchers. It is surrounded by numerous, 
rigid, decumbent vibrissa?. The claws are large, strongly compressed, and acute* 
The tail is somewhat lengthened, and the extremity of the wings reaches its middle. 
The entire length of our bird is five inches and eight lines. 
In the female, agreeably to M. Temmmck's description, the head and the neck 
above are grayish, the back olive, and the tail and the wings brown, bordered by 
reddish ; the under parts have generally a paler- orange tint, and the mark on the 
sides of the head and neck is whitish. 
