318 CLASS AVES. 



Lin. PI, Enl. t. 156. f. 2. Dulus Palmarum, Vieil. 

 Gal. Ois. t. 147. 

 Above olive-brown ; beneath whitish ; black spotted ; 

 tail slightly forked. St. Domingo. 



And also the genus Arremono. 

 Silent Tanager. Tanagra Silens, Lath, from Sonn. 

 t. 117. PI. Enl. t. 742. Shaw Zool. x. t. 42. Misc. t. 

 761. Desm. t. 38 — 40. Arrcmon Torguatus, Vieil. 

 Gal. t. 78. 



Green ; head and beneath horny ; sides of head, eye- 

 brows, throat, and shoulder, yellow ; throat-bar black. 



The Fly-catchers, Gobemouches, Cuv. Muscicapa, Lin. 



Have the beak depressed horizontally, furnished with 

 hairs at the base, and the point more or less bent and 

 sloped. Their manners are, in general^ those of the 

 shrikes, and they live on small birds or insects, ac- 

 cording to their size. The weakest of them pass 

 insensibly into the form of the slender beaks. We 

 divide them as follows : 



The Tyrants, Tyrannus, Cuv. 

 With a very long, strong, and straight bill. The 

 upper ridge straight and blunt ; the point is suddenly 

 bent. These are American birds, of the size of our 

 shrikes, and equally brave. They defend their young 

 even against the eagles, and are able to drive from 

 their nests all the predacious birds. The largest 

 species prey on small birds, and will even sometimes 

 attack carcasses. 



The first section has the tail very longly-forked ; 

 Avings long ; inner web of quills nicked. Gubernefes, 

 Such. (Vigors.) 



