236 BIRDS. 
Col. 78; Vieill. Gal. pl. 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,t 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 {. 
Muscreeta, Cun. 
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 sete 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 witha plumage of brilliant 
colours. The greater number inhabit Africa and the Indies §. 
* Add Pardal. ornatus, Temm., Col. 394, 1—P. percussus, Id. 394, 2. The par- 
dalotes lead us to the first subdivision of the Tangara. 
+ Vieillot has adopted this name and genus, Galer. 133. 
{ The bentaveo, or Spoon-billed Tyrant of Brazil, Kn]. 212 (Lanius pitangua, Gm.). 
—TLe Tyran a ventre jaune (Lan. sulfuraceus, Gm.) Enl. 296, the same as the Garlu 
or Geai @ ventre jaune, de Cayenne (Corvus flavus, Gm.) Enl. 249.—The Afuse. velata, 
Spix, 22.—Muse. polyglotta, Id., 24.—Muse. similis, Id., 25, of which his Muse. rufina, 
Tb. 131, is the young.—The Muse. cinerea, Spix, 26, 2.—Le Tyran a ventre blanc. 
(Lan. tyrannus, Gm.) Enl. 537 and 676, Vieill. Galer. 183.—-Muse. cinerascens, Spix, 
22.—Le Tyran & queue rousse (Muse. audax, Gm.), Enl. 453, 2; Wils. Am. II. xiii. 
1.—Le Petit tyran (Muse. feroxr, Gm.), Enl. 571, 1, or Muse. furcata, Spix, 19. The 
Muse. vetwla, Spix, 18.—Le Tyran a queue fourchue de Cayenne (Muse. tyrannus, 
Gm.), Enl, 471, 2.—Le tyran. @ q. f. du Mexique (Muse. forficata, Gm.), Enl. 677. The 
Fork-Tailed Tyrant of Brazil (Muse. longicauda, Spix, 17), Zool. Journ. II. pl. iv.— 
Le Tyran & huppé verte (Muse. crinita, Gm.), En]. 569; Wils. Am. II. xiii. 2? (a) 
§ We should first of all distinguish the Roi des Gobe mouches, Buff. (T'odus regius, 
Gm.) Enl. 289. Then we have the crested species, and which have long feathers in 
the tail, such as the Moucherolle 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 Moucherolle Paradis or Schet of Madagascar (Musc. mutata). 
Two birds which Buffon’ 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. 181; Le Moucher a queue de cog; Gallita of Azz.; Muse. alector, P. 
Max.; Col. 155, Vieill. 132.—Plathyrh. filicauda, Spix, 14. 
Some species are distinguished by a membranous circle round the eye: Muse. me- 
Kes (a) Add also Muse. verticalis, Am. Orn. Bonap. J. pl. ii. f. 2.—Ene, Ep. 
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