MUSCICAPID^. MUSCICAPIN^. 
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with an elevated straight culmen ; near the tip com- 
pressed. Wings long ; the first quill spurious ; the 
fourth and fifth longest. Tail lengthened ; the sides 
rounded. Feet moderate, slender, resembling those 
of Museipeta. Inner toe shortest ; outer toe con- 
nected to the middle at the base. Gape with short 
bristles. Australia. 
S. voli^ns. Lin. Tr, xv. 250 
Pehspicilla, Sw. BiU long, compressed on the sides. 
Nostrils naked. Wings rounded, broad ; the scapular 
quills as long as the primary quills. Tarsi very long, 
smooth. Tail rather short. S. America. 
P. leucoptera. Sw. See cut in Vol. I. p. 30. 
SuBFAM. '.MUSCICAPINyE. Fli/catchers. 
Feet weak, formed only for perching, generally short 
(except in Todus), but always very slender, and often 
syndactyle. BiU more or less depressed. Gape with 
stiff bristles. Claws smaU, considerably curved. Lateral 
toes unequal. Inhabits warm and tropical latitudes ; 
Fut excluded from North America. 
Rbipidura, Plorsfield and Vigors. Head very large. 
Tail long, broad, fan-shaped, much rounded. Bill 
small, short, the sides considerably compressed ; the 
bristles of the gape as long, and sometimes longer, 
than the hiU. Wings moderate ; the first quill spu- 
rious, half as long as the second ; fourth and fifth 
longest. Feet slender. Australia, Java, and Indian 
Islands. 
R. flabellifera. Lin. Tr. xv. 247. 
Monacha, H. and V. Bill large, thick. Culmen ele- 
vated, and curved from the base j the tip abruptly 
hooked and strongly notched : under mandible thick, 
with the gonys ascending. Gape strongly bristled. 
M. carinata. Z. ]. i. pi. 147. niger. PI. Col. 430. f. 1. 
velata. PI. Col. 337. telaseophthalmus. Lesson, 
cincrascens. ll>. 430. f. 2. Voy. pi. 18. f. 1. 
trivergata. Ib. 418. f. 1. cbrysoniela. Ib. pi. 18. f. 2. 
Megalophus, Sw. Bill large, very thin, wide towards 
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