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brown ; both wing coverts and quills striped with white ; tail in 

 general black, rounded, or slightly cuneiform, most of the feathers 

 white at the ends, the two outer wholly white on the outer webs; 

 but the two middle ones exceed the rest by more than three inches, 

 are narrow, pointed at the ends, and hang loosely over the rest of 

 the tail ; legs moderately stout, black. 

 Native place uncertain. 



160. -COCK-TAILED FLYCATCHER. 



Le petit Coq, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 225. pi. in do. 



LENGTH five inches and a half, extent near nine. Bill olive, 

 with a dusky point, broader than thick, straight, stout, and a trifle 

 bent at the tip, with some long hairs at the angles of the mouth ; 

 irides brown ; front marbled white and black ; sides of the head and 

 under parts white, the feathers dusky at the tips ; top of the head, 

 neck, and tail coverts, also a half collar on the lower part of the 

 neck before, deep black ; back and rump cinereous ; scapulars and 

 lesser wing coverts white ; greater coverts and quills dusky, edged 

 with white; the tail consists of twelve feathers, singularly constructed, 

 two inches and one-third in length ; they are oar-shaped, that is, 

 broadening at the end, and all placed over one another vertically, 

 as in the cock, the two middle are twelve lines longer than the 

 others, so that the top ones are longest, and the others shorten by 

 degrees ; outer quill very short, narrower in the middle, but broader 

 towards the end, and lastly finishes in a sharp point. 



The female is smallei*, and differs in the colours, being less con- 

 spicuous ; the tail too, varies, being divided into two parts, forming 

 a sort of hollow on the top. 



This singular bird is found in South America, in about 26J deg. 

 of latitude; comes therein September, and departs in March ; but some 

 stay throughout the year, as three females have been met with in the 



