YELLOW-BROWED TYRANT 153 



covered with tall grasses, and perches in a conspic- 

 uous place, from which it darts at passing insects 

 like a Flycatcher. 



Mr, Gibson found its nest on the ground amongst 

 herbage, and describes it as a neat structure of dried 

 grass, containing three white eggs with a faint cream- 

 coloured tinge. 



YELLOW-BROWED TYRANT 



Sisopygis icterophrys 



Above bright olive-green, head rather greyish, lores and super- 

 ciliary stripes yellow ; wings blackish, broad ends of coverts and 

 outer edges of secondaries dirty white ; tail blackish ; beneath 

 bright yellow, sides of breast and flanks olivaceous ; under wing- 

 coverts whitish ; bill dark horn-colour ; feet black ; length 6.1 

 inches. 



THIS small and pretty Tyrant-bird is quite common 

 in the woods along the Plata, and is also seen a great 

 deal in orchards and groves in the cultivated dis- 

 tricts. In Buenos Ayres it is a summer visitor, 

 appearing there in October, and is a shy, solitary 

 bird, which catches insects on the wing, and rarely 

 visits the ground. 



The nest is placed in a tree, ill-concealed, and 

 very shallow ; it is built of fine sticks, and lined with 

 fine grass, horsehair, and feathers. The eggs are 

 four, pointed, pale cream-colour, with large dark 

 red spots, chiefly at the larger end. 



