TEEPSIPHONE PAEADISI. 
(THE PARADISE FLYCATCHER.) 
Muscicapa paradtsi, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 324 Briss.) ; Sykes, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 84 ; Jerdon 
111. Ind. Orn. pi. 7 (1847) ; Gould, B. of Asia, pt. 5 (1853). 
Muscipeta casfanea, Temm. PI. Col. iii. text to pi. 584. 
Tchitrea paradisi, Less. Traite, p. 386 (1831) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 203 (1849); 
Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1854, xiii’. 
'• P- (1854) ; Jerdon, B. of Ind. i. 
p. (1862) ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 440 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, i. p. 196 (1873) ; 
Ball, Str. Feath. 1874, p. 403 ; Hume, ibid. 1875, p. 102 ; Butler, t. c. p. 466 • Bal/ 
ibid. 1877, p. 415. ^ 
Terpsiphone paradisi. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 38 (1850); Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 346 (1879). 
The Pyed Bird of Paradise, Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds, iii. pi. 113; Paradise Flycatcher, 
Latham; Bird of Paradise, Europeans in Ceylon. Shah bulbul, Hind (White Bird)' 
Sultana bulbul. Hind. (Red Bird); TaMah, H^d., N.W. Provinces ; Tonka pigli pitta 
lei. ; Wal-kondalati, Tam., lit. “ Long-tailed Bulbul ” ’ 
GimiUra (Red Bird), lit. ‘‘ Fire-thief,” Raiie lora (White Bird), lit. “ Rag. „r Cotton-thief,” 
inhalcse ; Wal-hmtvi, Ceylonese Tamils ; Ladram defogo (Red Bird), Portuguese in 
Ceylon. ^ 
. PICT from 13-0 to 15-0, but somehass attans a length of 17-0 ; centre tail-fe«tliet« 0-0 to 13-0 lon.ep flan li; 
acljacent pair ; wmg 3-7 to 3-8 ; tarsus 0-7; mid toe and claw 0-6 ; bill to gape 1-0 to 1-1. ° 
Old male (with short tail). Central tail-feathers, fully gmwn, exceeding the rest by only 0-5 inch. 
Iris dark brown ; eyelid cobalt-blue; bill fine cobalt-blue; legs and feet paler blue than the bill • clt,w= ini • u i. 
Entire head and neck, with along coronal crest of lanceolate feathers, shining blue-black which colour te t 
cbpnpt edge ronnd the thro.t .nd bind „»b ; rest of the botly n'ho.o .nd^itSt 
V 1 e quills and prmary-coverts black, with white edges, increasing in width towards the innermost secondaries’ 
and not leaching to the tips ot the outer primaries ; two innermost secondaries all white but a black shaft-streak • 
edges of all but the centre tail-feathers, and the shafts of all except the terminal portion of the el pit S 
Adult malr. At an age in which the male breeds, probably in the second year, the back, ivimrs, upper tail-cnve.-i« . 
ImunXyt slXtlyTlling o^futo thitlnthl‘1'’'’ b' t It/ f 
1 -i Pi 7 ^ ailing on into wliite on the lower breast and rest of the uiidernarts • nndm- i 
white, with the bases of the feathers cinnamon. aerparts , under mng-coverts 
Birds at this stage have, for the most part, long tails, the centre feathers varying from 9 to 11 innbes ; I in n i 
He rememder ; bi.t pome h»,e there feelhet. „..l, .lightly elongated, as)., L female uiired heloj 
»' ““ " 3-3 inehe .1 centre, 
1 ouiH/. Nestling, scarcely fledged (in National collection). Head and biml i -x, , 
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