Dr. E. A. Goeldi un Myiopatis semifusca. 171 



semifusca* — a small Tyrant very common and characteristic 

 of the ordinary avifauna of the gardens and orchards of the 

 city of Para. Its notes, phonetically represented by " tiii- 



Text-fi<r. 13. 



Nest of Myiopatis semifusca, built in the fork of a low pear-tree, and 

 composed of wool, down-feathers, dry twigs, and leaves. (Side 

 view, about half the natural size.) 



titt-tm/' rapidly repeated three times, with a most sur- 

 prising energy and loudness, are a harbinger of the dawn 



* Myiopatis semifusca (Scl.) ; Cat. B. B. M. xiv. p. 123. 



