. Birds. Birds. TEEPSIPHONB. 45 insects on the wing, never descending to the ground, and of solitary habits. Their notes are very harsh. Key to the Species. a. Crest long and pointed, reaching to upper part of back. I a'. Throat and sides of head ashy â v. Throat and sides of head glossy b. Crest short and rounded, not reaching beyond nape, c'. Back deep chestnut; throat and sides of head bluish ashy flf'. Back ashy rufous. a". Throat and sides of head dark h". Throat and sides of head black .... : $ at all ages and c5' before second autumn, p. 46. T. paradis
. Birds. Birds. TEEPSIPHONB. 45 insects on the wing, never descending to the ground, and of solitary habits. Their notes are very harsh. Key to the Species. a. Crest long and pointed, reaching to upper part of back. I a'. Throat and sides of head ashy â v. Throat and sides of head glossy b. Crest short and rounded, not reaching beyond nape, c'. Back deep chestnut; throat and sides of head bluish ashy flf'. Back ashy rufous. a". Throat and sides of head dark h". Throat and sides of head black .... : $ at all ages and c5' before second autumn, p. 46. T. paradisi : J after second autumn moult, p. 45. T. affinis : 5 at all ages, (J while in chestnut plumage, p. 47. T. nioobarica: 5 at all ⢠ages, p. 48. T. nicobarica : (J while in chestnut plumage, 598. Terpsiphone paradisi. The Indian Paradise Flycntcher. Muscicapa paradisi, I/inn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 324 (1766). M uscipeta paradisea, Jerd. III. Orn. pi. 7. Tchitrea paradisi (Linn.), Blyth, Cat. p. 203; Sorsf. ^ M. Cat. i, p. 133 ; Jerd. B. I. i, p. 445 ; Sume, N. ^ E. p. 196; Hume ^ Henders. Lah. to Yark. p. 184. Muscipeta paradisi (Linn.), Cripps, S. F. vii, p. 274; Hume, Cat. no. 288; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 273 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 158. Terpsiphone paradisi (Linn.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 346; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 404 ; Oates in HuTne's N. ^ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 22. The Paradise Flycatcher, Jerd.; Shah Bulbul, Hosseini Bulbul, Sultana Bidbul, Taklah, BoodhraJ, Hind.; Tonka pigli pitta, Tel.; Wal Konda- lati, Fig. 19.âBill of T. paradisi. Coloration. The young of both sexes have the forehead, crown, nape, and crest metallic bluish black; sides of the head, chin, throat, and the neck all round ashy brown, the brown of the throat blending gradually with the pale ashy of the breast, and this again with the white of "the rem3,inder of the lower parts ; upper plumage,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally
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