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GREY PIHA. 
LaOiria cinerea, Swains. 
PLATE II. 
Entirely cinereous ; belly and vent paler, and tinged witli 
fulvous. 
Le Cotinga cendre', Le VaiU. Ois. de I'Ameriq. Pi. 44, p. 135. 
The general aspect of this singular, although plain 
coloured bird, is so like that of the American tyrant 
flycatchers, that it is only upon looking to the mere 
minute parts of its structure that our first opinion 
is shaken; and we feel disposed to place it much 
nearer the chatterers than it would be, if retained 
among the tyrants ( Tyrannin.ee ). In referring it to 
the station now proposed, we are strengthened both 
by the opinion of Le Yaillant, and by certain cha- 
racters it presents, indicative of an affinity with the 
Querula rubricollis. Of its manners nothing what- 
ever has been published, for Le Yaillant, who lived 
some years in Surinam, seems only to have become 
acquainted with this species by inspecting a pre- 
served specimen in Paris ; and although it was 
sometimes shot by my hunters in different parts 
of Southern Brazil, I could never learn any thing 
further than that it was found only near_ the thick 
forests. 
