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longer tail; is brown where he is black; and has not the white spot on the 
forehead. They are most plentiful in Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Derby- 
shire Their nests are built in holes of trees. The parent birds incessantly 
feed their young with small flies, which they catch very expertly. 
THE KING-BIRD, OR TYRANT FLYCATCHEB, 
Sometimes called the field marten, is a well known bird m the United 
States. The name king, as well as tyrant, has been bestowed on this bird for 
its extraordinary behavior in breeding time, and for the authority it assumes 
over all other birds. His extreme affection for his mate, nest, and young, 
makes him suspicious of every bird that comes near his residence, so that he 
attacks every intruder without discrimination; his life at this season is one 
continued scene of broils and battles; in which, however, he generally comes 
off conqueror. Hawks and crows, the bald eagle, and the great black eagle, 
al. equally dread a rencontre with this merciless champion, who, as soon as 
he perceives one of these last approaching, launches into the air to meet 
1 Muscicapa tyrannus, Bonar. 
