BIENTEVEO TYRANT 177 
Humming-bird and Crow, should be members of 
the same family ! 
The Bienteveo has a wide range in South America, 
and inhabits the whole of the Argentine country 
down to Buenos Ayres, where it is very common. 
It is resident and lives in pairs, the sexes being always 
faithful. The body is stout, somewhat large for a 
Tyrant-bird; the length being nine and a half 
inches, including the beak, which is a little over an 
inch in length. The wings are blunt and compar- 
atively short, measuring when spread fourteen inches. 
The head is large, and a broad black band extends 
from the beak its entire length, and above this is 
a pure white stripe ; the crown is black, concealing 
in its loose abundant feathers a brilliant yellow crest, 
which shows only when the bird is excited. The 
upper plumage, including wings and tail, is pale 
brown; the entire under-surface sulphur yellow. 
In both sexes the plumage is alike. 
In Buenos Ayres the Bienteveo is found in every 
orchard and plantation ; it is familiar with man and 
invariably greets his approach with loud notes— 
especially with a powerful three-syllabled cry, in 
which people fancy there is a resemblance to the 
words Bién-te-veo (‘I see you well ’’); while its 
big head and beak, and strongly contrasted colours, 
especially the black and white head-stripes, seem to 
give it a wonderfully knowing look, as it turns its 
head from side to side to examine the intruder. It 
is a loud-voiced garrulous bird, and has a great range 
of sounds, from grating screams to long, clear, almost 
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