WESTERN BIRDS Flycatcher 



FLYCATCHERS. 



FAMILY— TYRANNID^. 



"This family consists of crested songless birds, that 

 watch from dead limbs, posts, or other exposed perches, 

 and take their prey mainly on the wing. They usually 

 sit rather upright, with tail drooping, and wings in readi- 

 ness for instant flight. The structure of the Flycatcher's 

 bill and mouth is admirably adapted for the capture of 

 winged insects. The bill is wide at the base, and the 

 gape is deep and surrounded by so-called 'bristles,' which 

 are of service in entrapping flying insects. While some 

 species take nearly all their food on the wing, most of 

 them also pick up insects from trees, shrubbery, and 

 even from the ground." 



Forbush. 



Order Passeres: Perching Birds. 



GENUS MUSCIVOPvA: SCISSOR- 

 TAILED FLYCATCHERS, ETC. 



Suborder Clamatores: Songless Perching 

 Birds. 



Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher: Muscivora forficdta. 



FAMILY— TYRANNID.E: TYRANT FLY- 

 CATCHERS. 



In the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher we have one of the 

 showiest members of this large family. Because of its 



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