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CRYING BIRDS — CLAJtIATURES. 



Gekus TYRANNUS, Cc\-ier. 



Tijrannus, Cuvier, Le9ons Anat. Comp. 1799, 1800 (Agassiz). 



Gf.n. Char. Tail nearly even, or moderately foi-ked ; rather shorter than the wings ; 

 the feathers broad, and widening somewhat at the ends. Wings long and jiointed ; the 



T. Carolinensis. ' 



outer primaries ratlier abruptly attenuated near the end, the attenuated portion not linear, 

 however. Head with a concealed patch of red on the crown. 



This is exclusively an American genus, of wliicli tliere are many species 

 in warm and tropical regions. 



r. CarolineTisis. 



