206 WHITE-BELLTED FLYCATCJIEK. 
those figured by Le Vaillant, and enumerated in 
the second volume of the “ Birds of Western Afri- 
ca for it measures no less than five inches from 
the tip of the bill to the vent. The form is strictly 
typical, resembling the Mus. rufiventer and its al- 
lies ; but the bill, in proportion, is much longer. The 
colouring, however, preserves the family likeness. 
The whole of the back, wings, and tail (the latter 
considerably graduated) are bright rufous ; the 
neck and throat being light cinereous, and the top 
of the head dark steel-blue. The crest, as seen in 
the figure, differs from all the species hitherto 
known, in having the feathers very narrow and 
much lengthened, so as to have some analogy to 
that of Megalophus ; the whole of the body, from 
the throat, is white. 
The exact measurements, unfortunately, have 
been mislaid ; and, as the specimen has been re- 
turned, we cannot make them again. 
The sub-genus 
