MUSCICAPINA2. 
12. R . fuscoventris Frankl. Proc. Z. S. 1831. p. 117- — Musci- 
capa (Muscylva) albogularis Less. ; M. phcenicura Kuhl ; R. sannio 
Sundev. ? 
13. R. nigritorquis Vigors, Proc. Z. S. 1 831. p. 97- — Muscicapa 
bambusae Kittl. Rupfer. Viig. t. 9- f. 2. ? 
14. R. dry as Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 132. 
1 5. R. isurus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1 842. p. 1 74. 
]6. R. collaris Less. Rev. Zool. 1839-p. 103. 
17- R. (Homb. & Jacq.) Voy. de l’Astrol. Ois. t. 4. f. 4. 
18. R. atricapilla (Lath.) Lamb. Icon. ined. ii. 52. 
19- R- rufifrons (Lath.) Vig. & Horsf. Lewin, B. N. Holl.pl. 13. 
20. B. motacilloides Vig. & Horsf. Linn. Trans, xv. 248. 
21. R. super ciliosa (Sparrm.) Mus. Carls, t. 96. 
22. II. javanica (Sparrm.) Mus. Carls, t. 75. — Rhipidura urn- 
bellata Sundev. 
23. R. laticauda (Swains.) Nat.Libr.Flyc.pl.il. 
24. R. perspicillata (Vieill.) Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. 1. 152. 
25. R. setosa (Quoy & Gaim.) Voy. de l’Astrol. Ois. t. 4. f. 4. 
26. R. melanolcuea (Quoy & Gaim.) Voy. de l’Astrol. Ois. t. 4. 
f. S. 
27. R. phoenicura Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. p. 
185. 
28. R. tlirenathorax Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. 
p. 185. 
29. R. rufiventris Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. p, 
185. 
30. R. gularis Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. p. 1 85. 
31. R. ochrogastra Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. 
p. 185. 
32. R. euryura Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. p. 185. 
33. R. perlata Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. p. 185. 
34. R. semicollaris Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. 
p. 184. 
35. R. squamata Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. p. 1 84. 
36. R. aureola Less. Tr. d’Om. p. 390. 
37- R- liyposcantha (Bl.) — Chelidorynx chrysoschistos Hodgs. ; 
Type of Chelidorynx Hodgs. (1845). 
38. R. ceylonensis (Swains.) Zool.Ill.pl. 13. — Cryptolopha 
poiocephala Swains. Nat. Libr. x. pi. 23. ; Type of Cryptolopha 
Swains. (1837). 
39. R. aurica-pilla (Swains.) Two Cent, and a Quart, p. 343. 
40. ? R. arrogans (Sundev.) Phys. sellsk. Tidsk. i. 62. — Mus- 
cicapa bilineata Less. 
Tchitkea Less.* 
Bill more or less long, broad, and rather depressed at the base, with the culmen slightly curved, and 
the sides compressed towards the tip, which is emarginated ; the lateral margins nearly straight, and 
the gonys long and slightly ascending ; the gape furnished with long slender bristles ; the nostrils basal, 
lateral, exposed, and rounded. Wings long, with the first four quills graduated, and the fourth and 
fifth equal and longest. Tail long and graduated, with the middle feathers sometimes prolonged. 
Tarsi as long as the middle toe, and covered in front ivith scales that are slightly divided. Toes 
moderate, with the outer longer than the inner toe, and the hind toe long ; the claws long, compressed, 
curved, and acute. 
These birds are found in Western and Southern Africa, India, and its archipelago. They frequent forests and even 
gardens, always selecting the lofty trees, from the highest branches of which they occasionally make a dart after insects 
on the wing, now and then snapping a caterpillar or some apterous insect off a branch. Their flight is short, generally 
only from one tree to another, but it is very elegant and rapid. At certain seasons several of the birds may be observed 
flying after one another, seizing each other by the long feathers of the tail, and not loosing their hold until the 
feather is broken off, or a portion of it remains in their bill. The nest is formed in a fork of a branch, and is composed 
of twigs and fibres, in shape of a deep purse open at the top. The eggs are two to four in number. 
1. T . paradisi (Linn.) Edwards’s Birds, pi. 113., PI. enl. 234. 
f. 2., Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 146. — M. castanea Temm. PI. enl. 234. 
f. 1., Edwards’s Birds, pi. 325., Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 144, 145. ; 
Muscipeta indica Steph., Jerd. 111. Ind. Ornith. pi. 7- 
2. T. mu fata (Gmel.) PI. enl. 248. f. 2., Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 
148. — Muscipeta bicolor Swains. 
3. T. holosericea (Temm.) PI. enl.248. f.l., Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. 
t. 147. — Muscicapa mutata var. Lath. 
4. T . rufiventris (Swains.) Birds of W. Afr.pl. 4, — Tchitrea 
casamans® Less. 
5. L. Gaimardi Less. Traite d’ Ornith. p. 386. 
6. T. senegalensis Less. Rev. Zool. 1838. p.278. 
* M. Lesson established this genus in 1831 (Tr. d’ Ornith. p. 386.). It embraces Philentoma of Mr. Eyton (1845). 
