THE PAEADISE FLY-CATCHER. 117 



Kamtschatka, and is called the Dun Fly-catcher. 

 But, as a rule, the Fly-catchers inhabit the warmer 

 parts of the globe ; and, like the beautiful birds 

 we have been describing, they revel under the 

 burning sun of the Tropics. 



They are called Tyrants ; and the group they 

 belong to is termed Tyranninae. This is because 

 of their fierce and combative temper, which, as we 

 shall see presently, causes them to tyrannize over 

 birds much larger than themselves. 



The bird in the Picture goes by the name of 

 the Paradise Fly-catcher. He wears a green crest, 

 while his bill is of a deep blue. The feathers of 

 his head are green, and his body is white and gray. 

 He has a wedge-shaped tail, and the two middle 

 feathers are, as you see, of a great length. He 

 lives in very hot countries, in India and in Africa. 



In India the traveller will often come on a dense 

 thicket of bamboo ; for the bamboo, though really 

 a grass, will grow to the size of a magnificent tree. 

 It shoots up in clumps or clusters, rising to the 

 height of eighty or a hundred feet. The stem is 

 hollow, and at intervals forms the same knots or 



