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GENUS LXIII.— TYRANNUS, Cuvier. TYRANT-SHRIKE. 



Rostrum robustum, basi vi- 

 . brissis tectum, depressum, 

 supra convexum, versus 

 apicem subito aduncum ; 

 mandibula inferior subtus 

 paulo planata, apice acuta, 

 recurvata. 



Platyrhinchus pars. Temra. 



Beak robust, its base clothed 

 with bristles, depressed, 

 convex above, towards the 

 tip suddenly hooked ; the 

 lower mandible rather flat 

 beneath, its tip acute, re- 

 curved. 



These inhabit the American continent : they are 

 bold birds : are said to defend their young against 

 the attacks of Eagles, and their nest from other birds 

 of prey : the larger species devour small birds. 



Sp. 1. Ty. pitangua. 



Laniue pitangua. Shaw, v. vii. p. 300. — Brazil. 

 Sp. 2. Ty. sulfuraceus. 



Lanius sulfuraceus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 309. — South America. 

 Sp. 3. Ty. leucogaster. 



Lanius Tyrannus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 304. pi. 4 1 . — North America. 

 Sp. 4. Ty. audax. 



Muscicapa audax. Steph. v. x. p. 364. — Cayenne. 



Sp. 5. Ty. ferox. 



Muscicapa flaviventris. Steph. v. x. p. 343. — Cayenne. 



Sp. 6. Ty. Nunciola. 



Tv. caudd longissima; corpore nigro, subtus albo. 



Tyrant-Shrike with a very long tail ; the body black above and 

 white beneath. 



Muscicapa tyrannus. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 325. — Fork-tailed Fly- 

 catcher. Lath. Gen. Hist. vi. 237. 



Inhabits America. Length fourteen inches : beak 

 black : upper part and sides of the head black : on 

 the middle of the crown the feathers are yellow at 



