PASSERES : FLYCATCHERS. 



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The Clamatores include the Kingbird, the Great- 

 crested Flycatcher, the Pe- FlG 19g 

 wees, and all the other 

 numerous members of the 

 family of Flycatchers or 

 Tyrannidra. They have 

 the bill rather broad, and in 

 most cases bent downward 

 at the tip ; and the sides of 

 the mouth are provided with 

 bristles. These birds are 

 of the size of sparrows, or 

 smaller, and constitute a 

 very interesting family. 



Kingbird, Tyrannus carolinensis, Baird. 



SUB-SECTION III. 

 THE ORDER OF PICARI^:, OR PICARIAN BIRDS. 



IN this order or group, ornithologists include a large 

 number of birds of widely different forms, such as Goat- 

 suckers, Chimney Swallows or Swifts, Humming-birds, 

 Trogons, Sawbills, Toucans, Cuckoos, Kingfishers, Wood- 

 peckers, etc. 



The group of Picariae is about equivalent to the old 

 groups Strisores and Scansores excepting only the Par- 

 rots, which are now regarded as constituting an order by 

 themselves. 



As a whole, the Picarise .ire not easily defined ; and, 

 therefore, for our present purposes we will notice merely 

 some of the leading forms separately. It may be stated 

 here, however, that the Pic-arise agree in this, that they 



