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FLYCATCHERS. 



Sub-Family I. 

 THE MOURNERS. QUERULIN^. 



General Characteristics. — Bill rather long, slightly depressed, and broad at the 

 base, with the culmen gradually curved, and the sides gradually compressed to the 

 tip, which is emarginated ; the gape furnished with short bristles ; the nostrils oval, 

 and more or less covered by the frontal plumes ; the wings more or less long, with 

 the third and fourth quills the longest ; the tail long and broad ; the tarsi short ; 

 the toes rather short, the outer toe the longest, and united at the base ; the claws 

 long, much curved, and acute. 



These birds inhabit Guiana, where they reside in the woods, 

 and Hve upon insects and fruits. They are of a Hvely disposition, 

 and constantly in motion, collecting together in flocks, and seem 



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(l^ipangus laiaraiis). 



particularly to cultivate the society of the toucans, generally flying 

 before these birds and uttering their sharp cry, " Pi-au-hau," from 

 which they derive their vernacular appellation. Their nest is placed 

 on high inaccessible branches of the forest trees. The female is 

 said to lay four eggs. 



The type of this sub-family is — 



The Bright-sided Queriila {Lipatigus lateralis), which, in common with 



