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MUSCICAPINiE. MUSCICAPA. 
the base, the sides rounded, the tip minute and ascending. 
Nostrils basal, broadly elliptical. Head rather large, de- 
pressed; neck short ; body rather slender. Feet rather short ; 
tarsus short, slender, compressed, with very broad scutella, 
some of which almost meet behind; toes free, the hind toe not 
proportionally larger, all scutellate above ; claws of moderate 
size, arched, compressed, acute. Plumage soft and blended. 
Wings long, second quill longest, first almost as long as third, 
the three outer abruptly notched near the attenuated tip. 
Tail extremely elongated and forked, the middle feathers 
being of ordinary length, the lateral longest. 
52. 1. Milvulus Tyrannus, Linn. , Prairie Swallow-tail.-— 
Fork-tailed Flycatcher, 
Plate CLXVIII. Male. 
Tail more than twice the length of the body ; upper part of head 
and cheeks deep black, the feathers of the crown bright yellow at the 
base ; back ash-grey, rump bluish-black ; wings and tail brownish- 
black, the lateral feathers of the latter with the outer web white for 
half its length ; lower parts white, 
Male, 14b 14. 
In Louisiana, very rare. Accidental in New Jersey. 
Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Muscicapa Savana, Bo nap. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 1. 
Muscicapa Savana, Bo nap. Syn. p. 67. 
Fork-tailed Flycather, Muscicapa Savana, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 274. 
Forked-tailed Flycatcher, Muscicapa Savana, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 387. 
53. 2. Milvulus forficatus, Gmel. Red-shouldered Swal- 
low-tail. — Swallow-tailed Flycatcher. 
Plate CCCLIX. Fig. 3. Male. 
Tail longer than the body ; upper part of the head, cheeks, and hind 
neck ash-grey; back brownish-grey, rump dusky; anterior wing- 
coverts scarlet, quills brownish-black, tail-feathers deep black, the 
three outer on each side rose-coloured to near the end ; lower parts 
white before, rose-coloured behind. 
Male, 11, wing 5i. 
Arkansas. Rare in Louisiana. 
Swallow-tailed Flycatcher, Muscicapa forficata, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 15. 
Muscicapa forficata, Bonap. Syn. p. 275. 
Swallow-tailed Flycatcher, Muscicapa forficata, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 275. 
Swallow-tailed Flycatcher, Muscicapa forficata, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 426. 
