PERCHING BIRDS. 
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is accomplished by rapid vibrations of the wings, the bird seeming to float in the 
air in the manner of a swallow. The king-bird arrives in its summer haunts in 
April and May, and prolongs its sojourn until September, when it migrates south. 
The male has the crown flame-colour; the upper-parts blackish ash; the wings 
dusky, edged with whitish; the tail black, tipped with white; and the lower-parts 
pure white, except the breast, which is shaded with grey. 
KING-BIRD, AND BIENTEVEO TYRANT-FLYCATCHER liat. size). 
Bienteveo Tyrant. We ° We an excellent account of this species (T. sulfuratus ) to 
Mr. W. H. Hudson, who writes that in Buenos Aires “ the bienteveo 
is found m every orchard and plantation; it is familiar with man, and invariably 
greets, his approach with loud notes, especially with a powerful three-syllabled cry, 
in which people fancy there is a resemblance to the words Bien-te-veo (‘ I see you 
well ); while its big head and beak and strongly contrasted colours, especially the 
black and white head-stripes, seem to give it a wonderfully knowing look as it 
turns its head from side to side to examine any intruder. It is a loud-voiced, 
