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139— TYRANT FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa ferox, Ind. Orn. ii. 485. Gm. Lin. i. 934. 



Tyrannus Cayanensis, Bris. ii. 398. Id. 8vo. i. 268. 



Le Suiriri brun et plombe, Voy. d'Azara, iii, No. 185. 18G ? 



Tyran de Cayenne, Buf. iv. 581. 



Tyrant Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 357. 



SIZE of the Red-backed Shrike; length seven inches. Bill 

 brown, about the base and the nostrils some long hairs; head, upper 

 parts of the body, wings, and tail, deep brown ; from the chin to 

 breast ash-colour ; beyond this to the tail, and under wing coverts, 

 pale yellow ; thighs olive-brown ; greater wing coverts, quills, and 

 tail, edged with olive; legs blackish. 



The female diners, in having the colours paler. 



Inhabits Cayenne, and extends to Paraguay. — One in the collection 

 of Mr. Mc. Leay, was full eight inches in length, and came from 

 Berbice, by the name of Wirikoetoeri. 



A. — Muscicapa flaviventris, Vieill. Am. i. p. 70. 



Tyrannus Cayanensis minor, Bris. ii. 400. Id. 8vo. i. 269. 



Le grand Suririri brun et jaune, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 194, 195. 193 ? 



Petit Tyran de Cayenne, PI. enl. 571. 1. 



Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Shaw's Zool. x. 342. 



Tyrant Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. iii. 358. A. 



This differs in being smaller; in colour much the same, except, 

 that in this bird the brown inclines more to rufous, and the wing 

 coverts have pale edges; that in the PI. enlum. has a brown spot on 

 the ears. It procures the food both on the ground and in the air; is 

 very long sighted, distinguishing clearly at thirty feet distance, rarely 

 in pairs unless in breeding time ; has a sharp cry, to be heard far off: 

 it frequently sets up the feathers of the crown ; hence by some is 

 called Crested Lark. 



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