COLOMBIAN ROYAL FLYCATCHER 



cayenensis harterti in plumage but very much 

 larger and with a very large stout bill which is 

 fairly straight, but strongly hooked at the tip. 



This is conspicuous as the largest and most 

 powerful of the Canal Zone flycatchers. Its 

 bright coloration, loud, harsh, two or three- 

 syllabled calls, quarrelsome disposition and its 

 habit of perching on the top of tall trees in clear- 

 ings and about the edge of the jungle, make it 

 one of the species the visitor is more likely to 

 notice than many that actually are much 

 commoner. 



31. Onychorhynchus coronatus cristatus 



(Mensch) 

 Colombian Royal Flycatcher 



Onychorhynchus mexicanus fraterculus RIDGWAY, Birds 

 of N. and M. Amer., IV, p. 356, 1907; STONE, Proc. Phila. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci., 1918, p. 266. 



Male. Length, 163 mm. (6.45 in.); tail, 

 70 mm. (2.75 in.). A strikingly brilliant fan- 

 shaped, laterally spreading crest of orange to 

 scarlet, the elongated feathers with glossy steel 

 bluish tips partially enclosing velvety black 

 terminal spots; remainder of plumage above 

 yellowish olive brown passing to yellowish buff 

 on lower rump and upper tail coverts; middle 

 wing coverts tipped with buff spots; tail tawny 

 orange, shading to brown on the end; chin and 

 throat pale yellowish buff shading to tawny 

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