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SIXCaXG BIKDS — OSCINES. 



Genus MYIODIOCTES, Audubon. 



Myiodiocles, Audubon, Syn. 1839, 48. (Type, ilulaciUa mitrata.) 

 Wilsoiiia, BoxAPAKTE, List, 1838. (I'lVouLUpicil ill Botany.) 



Gen. Cii.\n. Bill ilopressed, llycatc-hcr-like ; bi'oador tluui high at tlic base ; gape with 

 bi-istlcs nearly as loii^' as the bill, wliieh is distinctly nut<-hed at the tip ; both outlines 

 gently cuiivi'.\. Tarsi longer than the head ; eonsiderably e.xceedmg the middle toe ; 





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claws all considerably curved. Tail decidedly rounded or slightly graduated ; the lateral 

 feather.s 0.20 of an inch shorter. Wing very little longer than the tail ; the fh'st quill 

 decidedly shorter than the fourth ; colors yellow. 



Three "species laesides ours inlialiit tlie eastern side of the continent, all 

 larger and quite differently marked. All liave mncli the habits of fly- 

 catchers, darting after insects and capturing them on the wing. They 

 usually keel) ^" dense thickets, and are generally diiScult of approach. 



