MUSCJCAPID.E. 



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SUB-FA21ILY II. 



Alectrurix.e.* 



The Alectruvi 



Gen. Chahac. — Bill of various lengths, broad at the base and rather depressed, 

 with the cuhnen sloping and rounded, the sides gradually compressed to the 

 tip, which is emarginated ; the gonys long and slightly ascending; the nos- 

 trils basal, rounded, and exposed ; the wings more or less long ; the tail of 

 various lengths and forms ; the tarsi more or less long and slender ; the toes 

 usually moderate, and armed with long, acute, curved claws. 





FiG. 68.— THE ULUE-BEAKED ALECTEUEE. 



(Fluvicola cyanirostris.) 



The Cock-tailed Flycatchers are so called from 

 their habit of raising their long and curiously-formed 

 tail^ in a manner similar to that of the domestic 

 fowl. They are only found in South America, and 

 are all of small dimensions, their average length 

 being about six inches. There are many species of 



* Alector, a poetical name for the ham-door cock ; ovod, oura. 

 a tail ; Cock-tailed. 



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