FORK-TAILED flycatcher. 
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lie Would y "'eluded them both in the same genus, 
the kino|,' °, tles . s have retained that specific name for 
and not 'a 7 ’ " k ' ck ’ s unquestionably a Muscicapa 
8 Peci es , km,?'*/ AS the k , iu ?bird is a very abundant 
°f Tyran 10 ” ” *? ever y zoological reader by the name 
be Produoedl’ 'V 8 obvious that less inconvenience will 
species tl ^ c n an gingthe name of an almost unknown 
"ith whi'f n " <m ^ result from altering that of one 
adopted v- r, are s0 . familiar. We have, therefore, 
that ant ),,,,? 10 1 s specific name of Savana, taken by 
hereby ?i rom Montbeillard, who, in Button's work, 
°f fren Upnf - eav< ! ure< * to commemorate this bird’s habit 
separate T 1,lu,1 dated savannas. Naturalists who 
w ith re SDp ? annus from Muscicapa generically, disagree 
°urseiv”es ,*° tke , arrangement of this species. For 
Mi MctcanV ' V - 6 ® ou ? ider tlu ‘ formor as a subgeuus of 
0ur fork t > “jcluding the larger species, among which 
This s - ed . fl y catche r must bo placed, 
nearly t 'P e " le s * s fourteen inches long, its tail measuring 
that of t | U ’ , extent, from the tip of the one wing to 
"'hat no, .!*' , 1er * s fourteen inches. The bill is somc- 
*hc kinnt.f ?‘ u der and depressed at base than that of 
'fides are i* ’ au<k as we U as the feet, is black. The 
the cheek/ 0 ”?’ upper part of the head, including 
'‘Wk. •pi superior origin of the neck, is velvet 
"b'Vated ? , ea “ lers °f the crown are somewhat slender, 
tutiurr a ’t; ,‘ U °* a yellow orange colour at base, consti- 
°f repos e . U .'i/ J ° r ’ "at visible when they are in a state 
me back a- ° '‘n.umning part, of the neck above, and 
grayish ff ra y >sh ash ; the rump is of a much darker 
*be Colour’ r"t n ra<luall y passes into black, which is 
Su, ’face of n? , , su P crior tail-coverts; the inferior 
a? the , from the base of the bill, as well 
/he W i CI " ,n q and under tail-coverts, is pure white. 
. ghter »t t' a "' , sl; - v ’ tlle coverts being somewhat 
f s edirpS • P, au< op the exterior side ; t he ttrst primary 
*U len„ t | '' ltl , "bitish on the exterior web, and is equal 
the tlm ° * le fourth ; the second primary is longest ; 
Profound - 0Uter oaes bave a vcr X extraordinary and 
a smus, or notch on their inner webs, near the 
