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VERTEBRATA. 
whicb. is deeply forked, and more than twice tlie length of the body ; the back is ash-gray, the rump 
bluish-black, wings and tail brownish-black, lower parts white ; found in the Southern States. 
The Swallow-tailed Ely-Catcher, M. forjicata, is eleven inches long, the tail long and 
forked ; upper parts gray, lower parts white before and rose-colored behind. Other species arc 
named as found in Texas, as follows: J/. Saya^ M. Texensis^ M. Laurent'd, M.fulvifrons^ M. 
Derham% M. helli, M. leuconius, M. Brasieri^M. rubifrons. 
Genus PTILOGONYS : Ptilogonys, — This includes Townsend's Ptilogonys, P. Townsencli, 
combining somewhat the qualities of the Fly-Catchers and Thrushes ; it is eight inches long, of a 
dull brownish-gray color, and is found on the Columbia River : also the Black Fly-Catcher, P. 
nitens, figured by Cassin, seven and a half inches long, of a glossy black color, with greenish re- 
flections ; found in California, Mexico, <fec. : the Pipiry Fly-Catcher, P. dominicensis, eight 
inches long, and resembling the kingbird ; found in Florida. 
Genus CTJLICIVORA : Culicivora. — This includes the Blue-gray Fly-Catcher or Gnat- 
Catcher, C. ccerulea, about five inches long, and found abundantly in Texas. 
Genus FLTJVICOLA : Fluvicola. — This includes several South American species, as the F. co- 
mata, F. nigerrima, &c. 
Genus MUSCIPETA : Muscipeta. — This includes the King of the Fly-Catchers, the Todus 
regius of Latham, a superb South American species, with a tall transverse crest of reddish-fawn 
feathers; the body is a deep brown, the breast white spotted with brown. (See p. 123.) 
Genus TCHITREA : Tchitrea. — This includes the Paradise Fly-Catcher of India, T. Para- 
disic found in the jungles of India, and 
though its body is but six inches long, has 
a tail fourteen inches long ; its head is 
also adorned with a crest. 
There are mauy other species analogous 
to these we have described in Africa, 
Asia, and Australia, some having pleasing 
songs and some only chirping notes. 
Gemis ICTERIA: Icteria.—Va\^ in- 
cludes the Yellow-breasted Chat, /. vir- 
idis, seven inches long, greenish-olive above ; 
throat aud breast yellow ; known as a sum- 
mer visitor throughout the United States, 
and remarkable for the oddity of its mo- 
tions and its singular notes, which some- 
times resemble the cries of young puppies^ 
and sometimes the mewing of a cat, these 
being often prolonged into the night. 
THE TITYRIN^ OR BECAEDS. 
This is a small group of birds, closely 
allied to the fly-catchers, and peculiar to 
South x4.merica and the West Indies. 
They have a short bill, broad at the base, 
and suddenly compressed toward the tip. 
The Gray Becard — the Cayenne Shrike 
of Latham — Psaris Cayennensis — the type 
of Cuvier's genus Psaris — is generally 
gray, with the head, wings, and tail, black ; 
it is found in Guiana. 
The genus Langrayen or Ocypterus^ 
consisting of species found in the Asiatic Isles, as well as the genus Artamia, the various species 
of which are confined to the island of Sumatra, are placed by Le Maout contiguous to the Becards. 
THE SAVANNAH FLY-CATCHER. 
