170 Dr. E. A. Goeldi on Myiopatis semifusca. 



all the specimens adorned with fine-sounding scientific titles) 

 either in ornithological literature or on the shelves of 

 museums ? The most elementary honesty would compel us 

 to make the confession : " Little or nothing." 



Text-fiff. 12. 



Myiopatis semifusca. — The parent birds are feeding their half-fledged 

 nestlings with the berries of Loranthus. Note the seeds sticking 

 everywhere in abundance to the twigs around the nest. One of the 

 birds is in the act of ejecting a seed and wiping it on the branch. 

 (About half the natural size.) 



Under these circumstances even the slightest contribution 

 to the life-history of the Tyrant-birds,, when based on actual 

 and accurate observation, becomes of special value. I am 

 now able to give an account of the feeding-habits of Myiopatis 



