FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER 



white ; chest and breast pale gray, the sides of the 

 breast scarlet, the flanks salmon pink. 



Female. Length, 276 mm. (n.oo in.); tail, 

 158 mm. (6. 20 in.). Similar to male but duller; 

 tail shorter. 



A migrant. I saw a male at Quarry Heights 

 in November, 1921. It was sitting quietly on a 

 large tree, its scarlet sides plainly visible in the 

 light of the setting sun. 



52. Muscivora tyrannus (Linnaeus) 

 Fork-tailed Flycatcher 



Male. Length, 366 mm. (14.50 in.); tail, 

 265 mm. (10.50 in.). Top and sides of head, 

 and hindneck black, with a very large concealed 



FIG. 82. Muscivora tyrannus 

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