MUSCICAPID.E. 



MY 



SUB-FAMILY III. 



Tyrannin.e. 



TJie TyraiUa. 



Gen. Charac. — Bill more or less long, broad, and depressed at the base, and 

 the sides gradually compressed to the tip, which is hooked and emarginated ; 

 the gape sometimes furnished with long and strong bristles ; the nostrils 

 basal, with the oj)ening small, usually rounded, and hidden by the pro- 

 jecting feathers and bristles ; the wings more or less long, and generally 

 pointed ; the tail moderate, and sometimes emarginated ; the tarsi short and 

 covered with broad scales ; the toes generally rather short, tbe outer longer 

 than the inner, and united at the base, the hind toe moderate and padded 

 beneath ; the claws rather short, and very acute. 



Fig. 69 —the lizaed-eateb. 



{Saurophagus lictor.) 



The birds wliicli constitute the typical sub -family 

 of the Flycatchers are generally seen sitting on 

 trees, or on some prominent place, watching the 

 approach of any insect rover, in pursuit of which 

 they make a sweep, and having seized it, return to 

 the same perch. It is not uncommon to see them 



