146 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [A'X. 2. 36-4, 



41. Milvulus tyr annus. Linn. The Scissors-tail Flycatcher. 



Leotaud No. 114. 



This striking bird is in many ways one of the most interesting 

 cf the Trinidad species. 



Apart from its economic importance as the most important 

 enemy of the injurious sugar cane froghopper its annual migration, 

 and its daily journeys to and from its roosting places are of the 

 greatest interest. 



Fig. 3. — The Scissors-tail Flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus). 



About half natural size. 



The long tail feathers of the male make it a conspicuous object 

 in the open country which it frequents and most sugar planters are 

 familiar with it and recognise it as a friend. 



