THE FLYCATCHERS. 
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TYRANT FLYCATCHER AND FOR K -TA ILEl) 
FLYCATCHER. 
had not moved away at all. Frequently one 
alone will mount in this manner, or dart on in- 
visible wing diagonally upwards, looking exactly 
like a bumble-bee. The nest is a minute cup- 
shaped structure, placed upon or between the 
twigs of trees. It is composed of silk-cotton 
(the down of the bombyx), and ornamented ex- 
ternally with fragments of lichen. The spirit of 
curiosity is manifested by this little bird as well 
as by the larger species: when struck at, he will 
return in a moment and peep into the nest, or hover j 
in one's face." 
THE FLYCATCHERS. 
Along with the humming-birds are frequently found the 
catchers ; which, as their name indicates, feed almost entirely 
fly- 
upon 
