236 BIRDS. 



Col. 78 ; Vieill. Gal. pi. 73, is partly sprinkled with white, like a 

 Senegalli. From New Holland*. 



MusciCAPA, Lin, 



The Fly-Catchers have a horizontally depressed bill, furnished with 

 hairs at its base, and the point more or less hooked and emarginated. 

 Their habits are, in general, those of the Shrikes, and they live on small 

 birds or insects, according to their size. The weakest of them gradu- 

 ally approach the form of the wagtails. We divide them as follows : 



TYRANNUS,f CuV. 



The Tyrants have a very stout, long, straight bill ; the upper ridge 

 blunt; the point curved suddenly into a hook. They are American birds, 

 as large as the European Shrikes, and equally courageous. They defend 

 their young even from the eagle, and drive all birds of prey from their 

 nest. The larger species feed on small birds, and do not always despise 

 carrion j;. 



MUSCIPETA, Cuv. 



The bill long, much compressed, its height double its breadth, even at 

 its base ; the ridge very obtuse, sometimes however very acute ; the edges 

 slightly curved; the point and emargination weak; long sets or musta- 

 chios at its base. 



They are all foreign, they are too powerless to capture any thing but 

 insects, and several of them are ornamented with long tail feathers, 

 or beautiful crests on the head, or at least with a plumage of brilliant 

 colours. The greater number inhabit Africa and tlie Indies §. 



* Add Pardal. ornatus, Ternm., Col. 394, I— P. percussus, Id. 394, 2. The par- 

 dalotes lead us to the first subdivision of the Tangara. 



f Vieiilot has adopted this name and genus, Galer. 133. 



X The hentaveo, or Spoon-hilled Tyrant of Brazil, Enl. 212 (Lanius 2nta>!giia,Gm.). 

 — Le Tyran a ventre jaune {Lan. suffuraceus, Gm.) Enl. 29G, the same as the Garlti 

 or Geai a ventre jaune, de Cayenne {Cormsftavus, Gm.) Enl. 249. — The Muse, velaia, 

 Spix, 22. — Muse, polyglotta, Id., 24. — Muse, similis, Id., 25, of which his Muse, riifna, 

 lb. 131, is the young. — The Muse, cinerea, Spix, 20, 2. — Le Tyran a ventre blanc. 

 {Lan, tyrannus, Gm.) Enl. 537 and 67G, Vieill. Galer. 133. — Muse, cinerascens, Spix, 

 22. — Le Tyran a queue rousse (Muse, audax, Gm.), Enl. 453, 2; Wils. Am. II. xiii. 

 1. — Le Petit tyran {Musc.fero.r, Gm.), Enl. 571, 1, or Muse, furcata, Spix, 19. The 

 Muse, veta/a, Spix, 18. — Le Tyran a queue fourehue de Cayenne (Muse, tyrannus, 

 Gm.),Enl. i7l,2.—Le tyran. a q.f. du Mexiqiie {Muse, forficata, Gm.), Enl. 677. The 

 Fork-Tailed Tyrant of Brazil (Muse, longicauda, Spix, 17), Zool. Journ. II. pi. iv. — 

 Le Tyran a huppe verte {Muse, crinila, Gm.), Enl. 569; Wils. Am. II. xiii. 2? (a) 



§ We should first of all distinguish the Rui des Gohe mouehes, Bufif. ( Todus regius, 

 Gm.) Enl. 289. Then v,e have the crested species, and which have long feathers in 

 the tail, such as the MourheroUe de paradis (Muse, paradisi and Todus paradisiacus, 

 Gm.), Enl. 234. N.B. All these figures represent females; the tail of the males is 

 much longer. — Le Petit MoucheroUc Paradis or Schet of Madagascar (Muse, mutata). 

 Two birds which Buflbn describes elsewhere under the name of Vardiole or Pie de 

 Paradis. — Then follow those species without crests, whose tail feathers are somewhat 

 elongated; the Moucher, Yetapa {Muse, psalura, T.), Col. 286 and 296, or Muse, 

 risora, Vieill. 131; Le Moucher a queue de coq; Galliia of Azz.; Muse, alector, P. 

 Max.; Col. 155, Vieill. U2.—Plathyrk. filieauda, Spix, 14. 



Some species are distinguished by a membranous circle round the eye : Muse, me- 



t®' («) Add also Muse. vcrtieaUs, Am. Orn. Bonap. I. pi. ii. f. 2.— Eng. Ed. 



