186 PASSERES. MUSCICAPAD^:. 



RED PETCHARY.* 



Loggerhead. Great Crested Flycatclier. WILS. 

 Tyranny^ crinitus. 



Muscicapa crinita, LINN. Aud. pi. 129. 

 Tyrannus crinitus^ BONAP. 



THOUGH found in Jamaica through the winter, 

 the Loggerhead is not then very common ; but in 

 March many begin to frequent the groves, and 

 trees of the pastures ; and may be observed pur- 

 suing each other in devious nights, uttering a rat- 

 tling cry, harsh, though not loud. As they sit in 

 a tree, they emit at intervals a loud pirr, in a 

 plaintive tone, ruffling the plumage, and shivering 

 the wings at the same time. Its general habits are 

 those of its congeners, but it lacks their pugnacity. 

 Very large insects form its ordinary prey : one I 

 shot in the very act of taking a large cicada, while 

 sitting on a twig, the insect was still in its throat 

 when killed. In November I have found the 

 stomach filled with the large red-berries of the 

 Tropic birch. 



Sam tells me he has found the nest of this bird, 

 containing four young, at the very bottom of a 

 hollow stump, in a mountain district. 



* Length 9 inches, expanse 13J, flexure 4, tail 4, rictus 1-^, tarsus 

 1, middle toe f. 



