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IIYLIOTA, 
which agrees with Muscicapa and Cryptolopha in 
having the outer half of the bill compressed ; but 
here this structure is carried to its extreme. Its 
length is sufficient to give to the bird an appearance 
of being a warbler : the base, indeed, is broad, but 
beyond the nostrils it suddenly contracts, and the 
remaining portion is so much compressed that its 
height (when viewed in profile) is much greater 
than its vertical breadth : the rictus, moreover, has 
merely a few setaceous hairs, and is destitute alto- 
gether of stiff bristles. II yliuta further differs from 
Muscicapa in having the claws broader, stronger, 
and more curved, and in the scales of the tarsi 
being divided into four pieces. And yet, notwith- 
standing these great deviations from the typical 
character of fly-catching birds, we feel fully per- 
suaded that this is the tenuirostral type of the genus 
before us. The wings and tail are precisely those of 
M. albicollis. The outer toe is connected as far as 
the first joint; and the glossy blue-black plumage, 
white scapulars, and buff- coloured throat, is in com- 
plete unison with the family we are now treating 
of. The first aspect of the species now before us 
suggests the idea that it belongs to Platystera, 
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