MUSCICAPID.E. 



SUB- FAMILY I. 



QUERULIN.E. 



The Moicr 



G-EK. Charac. — Bill rather long, slightly depressed, and broad at the base, 

 with the culmen gradually curved, and the sides gradually compressed to 

 the tip, which is emarginated ; the gape furnished with short bristles ; the 

 nostrils oval, and more or less covered by the frontal plumes ; the wings 

 more or less long, with the third and fourth quills the longest ; the tail long 

 and broad; the tarsi short ; the toes rather short, the outer toe the longest 

 and united at the base ; the claws long, much curved, and acute. 



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Fig. 67.— the bright-sided querula. 

 {Lipangus lateralis.) 



Tliese birds inhabit Guiana, where they reside in 

 the woods, and live upon insects and fruits. They 

 are of a lively disposition, and constantly in motion ; 

 collecting together in flocks, and seem particularly 

 to cultivate the society of the Toucans, generally 

 flying before these birds and uttering their sharp 

 cry, " pi-au-hau,^^ from which they derive their 



