FAMILY TYRANNIZE 



The two Elasnias are common birds of 

 plain coloration with distinct light wing bars, 

 whose crest often appears double, the feathers 

 of the crown patch (white in this genus) 

 lying flat, while those each side are erected. 

 The species of Myiozetetes and Pitangus are 

 noisy and handsomely colored, medium sized 

 flycatchers with white throat, deep yellow 

 under parts, the head black or dark gray, 

 with a very conspicuous, wide white stripe 

 over the eye (except in M . g. granadensis) 

 that frequent especially the vicinity of water, 

 though often seen elsewhere, so that one or 

 more of them can hardly fail to be noticed 

 by the visitor. Megarhynchus is similar in 

 color but of much larger size with a very 

 large bill. 



A large number of genera and species of 

 medium size and without very striking 

 characters will at first cause the bird student 

 much confusion, but with perseverance he 

 can learn to recognize them, providing he 

 gets a good and reasonably near view. 

 Their common habit of sitting still on an 

 exposed perch makes this easier than in the 

 case of many of the other families. 



There are, however, several genera of 

 rather small, inconspicuously olive-colored 

 species so closely resembling each other that 

 their determination is often difficult even 

 for the experienced ornithologist when he 

 has the specimen in his hands, and it is 

 self-evident that the amateur will meet with 

 difficulty, uncertainty and often complete 

 failure in attempts to distinguish them with 

 a field glass. 



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