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tip, so as to terminate in a slender process. The l 9 ' 
is very profoundly forked, the two exterior feathf 
measuring nearly ten inches in perfect individuals, " h , | 
the two succeeding are but five inches long, and f 
other feathers become gradually and proportion 3 
shorter, until those in the middle are scarcely 
inches in length ; the tail is, in tact, so deeply divinf, 
that if the two exterior feathers were removed, 
would still exhibit a very forked appearance. All | 
tail feathers are black, the exterior one each side b<'' • 
white on the remarkably narrow outer web, and on 1 
shaft beneath, for nearly three-fourths of its length. 
I cannot agree with those who say, that the fell 1 ? 
is distinguished from the other sex by wanting 
orange spot on the head, as I think we may 
conclude, from analogy, that there is hardly any differf' 
between the sexes. The young birds are readily re 1 '? 
nized, by being destitute of that spot, as well a* j 
having the head cinereous, instead of black ; the col 3 
of the whole upper part of the body is also dark? 
the tail considerably shorter, and the exterior featb 3 - 
not so much elongated as those of the adult. 1* J 
proper to remark, that, the elongated tail-feathers . 
the full grown bird are sometimes very much "<d. 
in consequence of the rapidity with which it p® ss 
through the hushes. t. 
Two coloured figures have been given of the f° r . ) 
tailed flycatcher, the one by Button, which is extre® 1 ? 
had, although the rectilinear form of the tail is con"' 
from being accurate. This author having been 
to procure a North American specimen, chose n e ^j 
theless to introduce the species in his Natural 
of North American Birch, on the authority of 
authors, giving a figure from a South American spec' 1 ’’ r 
The error in representing the exterior tail-fe 3 *®,^ 
curved, doubtless arose from the manner in which •. 
dried skin was packed for transportation, 
