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to me to be too thick-Lllled for this family, and the Greenlets 

 should, I think, be associated with the FachjcephalincB ; and the 

 Tityrince either to the same group or to the Shrikes, along with 

 some of the larger Tyrannince. Perhaps the Setophaginm of America 

 would be better placed among tlie Flycatchers, as is done by Gray 

 and Blyth, than among the Mniotiltince, as Swainson and Bona- 

 parte class them ; but I do not think that they enter the sub-family 

 of Mnscicapime, where Gray has located them, but should join 

 certain of the American Flycatchers, which would then form two 

 or three distinct groups. 



Swainson includes among the Flycatchers the F.urylaimid(B, 

 already treated of {Fissirostres, p. 235,) and the Todidw, p. 239. 



Sub-fam. Myiagrin.e, Bonap. 



Syn. Tchitreada, Blyth, True Flycatchers. 



Bill broad at base, much depressed, straight, considerably hooked 

 at the tip, and notched ; rictal bristles numerous and long ; wings 

 rather lengthened ; tail moderate or somewhat long, in one genus 

 with the central tail-feathers greatly elongated in the male sex ; 

 feet and legs short and feeble. 



The true Flycatchers comprise a group of birds of varied 

 plumage and form, distinguished by their triangular flat bill, long 

 lictal bristles, and very feeble feet. They are peculiar to the 

 tropical and sub-tropical regions of the Old World, extending to 

 Australia. The young birds are coloured much like their parents, 

 only duller. In their habits they are more active and restless, 

 more on the wing, than the next sub-family ; and they live chiefly 

 on soft-winged insects, which they almost always capture in the air, 

 often with a loud snap of their mandibles, occasionally picking one 

 off a leaf or a branch. Those whose nidification is known, 

 build a neat nest on the fork of a tree or bamboo, and lay white 

 eggs with reddish spots. 



Gen. TcHiTEEA, Lesson. 



Syn. Muscipeta, Cuv. 



Char. — Bill lengthened, wide, depressed at the base, tolerably 

 stout and deep, narrowing suddenly at the tip, which is moderately 



