MUSCARINIC. — MUSCICAPA. 
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MUSCARINUS Gray, List Genera Birds 1840. = Mascarinus Lesson. 
MUSCICAPA (Muscicapidae. — musca, capere). — Linne, Syst. Nat. — Brisson, 
Ornith. 1760. — Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 804. — Naumann, Naturg. Vögel 
Deutschi. II. 228. 
Synon.: Butalis Boie. — Hyliota Swains. — Erythrosterna, Charidhylas Bonap. — 
Microeca Gould. — Muscicapula, Cyornis, Ochromela, Stoparola, Cyanoptila, Zanthopygia 
(Xanthopygia) Blyth. — Synornis, Hemipus Hodgs. — Syornis Agass. — Hedymela Sundev. 
— Alseonax, Eumyias, Glaucomyias, Trochocercus Cab. — Choredhyla Jerd. 
Corpus oblongiusculum, variis coloribus pictum. Caput rotundatum, interdum 
cristatum. Rostrum supra depressum, subtrigonum, setisque recumbentibus basi in- 
structum, tenue, subulatum; mandibula superior ad apicem emarginata, recurvata; 
inferior brevior, subtus planiuscula, recta. Nares fere rotundae aut glabrae aut setis 
plus aut minus tectae. Lingua cartilaginea , plana, setis brevibus apice instructa. 
Alae aliarum spuria penna brevi, aliarum absque spuria penna; remigibus 2. 3. 
longissimis. Digiti exteriores basi connexi; hallux quemadmodum anteriores imo 
tarsi positus, sedilem cingens. Cauda rectricibus duodecim. — 64 Specc. 
acadica Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 947. = Myiobius acadicus Gray. 
a Cornaus [Himalaya. 
Muscicapula acornans Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1847. XVI. 127. 
Erythrosterna acornans Blyth, Cat. Birds as. Soc. 171. 
Muscicapa poonensis Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1842. XL 458. 
aedon Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 947. = Luscinia philomela. 
aestigma Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 84. [Nepal. 
Muscicapula aestigma Horsfield et Moore, Cat. Birds EInd. Cp. I. 297. — 
Jerdon, Ibis 1872. II. 126. 
aerea Wilkes, Encycl. lond. XVI. 272. = Dicrourus aeneus Vieill. 
afra Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 940. — Sphenaecus africanus Strickl. 
agilis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 948. = Myiobius agilis. 
agilis Pz. Wied, Beitr. Natg. Bras. III. 795. = Vireo agilis Hartl. 
alba Sparrman, Mus. Carlson. Tb. 74. = Motacilla alba Lin. 
albicapilla Vieillot, Oiseaux Amer. sept. I. 66. Tb. 37. = Muscicapa mar- 
tinica Lin. 
albicapilla Wiekes, Encycl. lond. XVI. 270. = Platystira monacha Swain. 
albicaudata Jerdon, Madras Journ. 1840. XL 16; Illustr. Birds India Tb. 14. 
[Nilgherris. 
Stoparola albicaudata Blyth, Birds as. Soc. 175; Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 
1847. XVI. 125. 
Niltava albicaudata Gray, Genera Birds I. 264. 
Hypothymis albicaudatus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 320. 
albicilla Pallas, Zoogr. ross. as. I. 462. = Muscicapa leucura Gmel. 
albicollis Temminck, Man. Ornith. I. 153. = Muscicapa collaris Bechst. 
albicollis Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 854. == Elainea albicollis Cab. 
albifrons Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 948. — Sparrman, Mus. Carls. Tb. 24. — 
Spec, dubia. 
albifrons Ellman, Zoologist 1861. 7465. — Petroeca albifrons Gray. 
albifrons Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 275. = Muscicapa collaris Bechst. 
albigularis Blyth, Cat. Birds as. Soc. 206. synon. — Rhipidura fuscoventris 
Frankl. 
albigularis Hodgson, Catal. Birds Nepal 90. — Muscicapa superciliaris Jerd. 
albiventris Spix, Aves Brasil. II. 21. Tb. 30. == Fluvicola albiventris Sclat. 
albiventris Wilkes, Encycl. lond. XVI. 272. — Dicrourus leucogaster Vieill. 
alector Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. 53. = Xenurus tricolor Cab. 
alectrura Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux II. 211. Tb. 132. == Xenurus tricolor Cab. 
alticeps Brehm, Naumannia 1855. = Muscicapa atricapilla Lin. 
altiloqua Vieillot, Ois. Amér. sept. I. 67. Tb. 38. = Vireo altiloquus 
Gray. 
americana Brisson, Ornith. IL 383. = Setophaga ruticilla Swains. 
