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genus ; but Dr. Horsfield, who discovered one spe - 
cies in Java, since distinguished by his name, cha- 
racterized it as belonging to a distinct group. Un- 
fortunately he was not able to give any account of 
its manners, further than that it was found in “ one 
of the most distant and inaccessible parts of Java, 
covered with extensive forests, and abounding with 
rivers and marshes.” But Sir Stamford Raffles, 
speaking of another species, observes, “ it frequents 
the banks of rivers and lakes, feeding on insects 
and worms. It builds its nest pendant from the 
branches of a tree or bush which overhangs the 
water." We have thus two witnesses to the fact 
of two species of these birds habitually living in the 
vicinity of water. 
The preceding observations renders it almost un- 
necessary to state the more minute peculiarities in 
which these remarkable birds differ from all the 
other flycatchers ; yet some of them deserve parti- 
cular attention, as establishing their collateral affi- 
nities. The bill, notwithstanding its excessive 
breadth, is by no means so very much flattened 
as what we see in Muscicapa; for the culmen is 
sufficiently elevated to form a regular curve, while 
the tip is almost as abruptly hooked as that of a 
raptorial type, although the notch is very small; 
the lateral margins of the upper mandible are very 
much curved, and so much dilated as to fold over 
and completely hide those of the lower mandible, 
more especially at the angle of the mouth. The 
rictal bristles are comparatively very short, and do 
