MUSCICAPA INDIGO. 
Ord. II™ e Les Passereaux, Cuvier. 4* Famille, Les Dentirostres. 
Ord. Ill™ Insectivores, Temminck. 
Ord. VI. Passeres, Linn. Syst. 
Ord. II. Ambulatores, IUiger. Fam. 11, Canori. 
MUSCICAPA, Linn. Briss. Lath. Cuv. Temm. Hliger, &c, 
Char. Gen. Rostrum mediocre, robustum, grypaneum, depressum, dertro plerum- 
que adunco, tomiis pone apicem utrinsecus emarginatis. Vibrissa mastacales 
patentes elongatse. Nares basales, laterales, subrotimdee, patula?, vibrissis 
mastacalibus partim obtectse. Pedes ambulatorii, mediocres, congrui. Aero- 
podia scutulata. Unguis posticus incurvus, antico medio major, (Ittiger.) 
Muscicapa obscure caesia, remigibus rectricibusque nigris, his basi axillis ventre 
crissoque albidis. 
Nil-nilan* of the Javanese. 
Muscicapa Indigo, Horsf. Syst. Arrangement of Birds from Jam, Linn. Tram. 
Vol XIII. p. 146. 
THE specific name of our bird is a synonyme of that given to it by the natives 
of Java. The simple and uniform plumage requires little illustration from descrip- 
tion. The general colour is Indigo-blue with an obscure reflection of sea-green, 
agreeably to the light to which it is exposed. The base of the bill is bordered by 
very minute plumes of a velvet black colour, which, however, scarcely appear 
beyond the general covering. The vibrissas projecting over the nares are rigid, but 
not very numerous. The bill is greatly depressed, broad at the base, and suddenly 
attenuated : it approaches to the form of that of the PlatyrlunchL On the summit 
of the head the blue colour is considerably brighter ; but it appears obscurely, and is 
confined to a narrow border on the exterior vanes of the quill and secondary feathers, 
and on the exterior feathers of the tail. The colour of the wings at the extremity 
