HUMMINNGBIKDS. 



333 



SONGLESS PERCHERS. 



Small birds inhabiting temperate and 

 tropical regions which are not capable of 

 producing greatly varied songs. Young, 



Fig. 267 



Scissor-lailed Flycatcher. 1-4. 



naked and helpless. All of our species are fly- 

 catchers, taking insects chiefly on the wing. 



361. FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER. 



Long, 12; tail, very long and forked; 

 ashy above, white beneath; top and sides 



