242 Flth‘A'l‘CllHRS.

the young h)’ regurgitationAa frightfill-looking act—the food consist-

ing largely of minute insects. The young remain in the nest for some

three Weeks, and on lea\'ing_,r it are at once at home, on the wing. BRADFORD Texan.

ORDER PASSERES. PERCHING BIRDS.

FAMILY TYRANNIDJE. FLYCATCHERS.

From the systematist 's standpoint Flycatchers are songless Perch- ing Birds. It does not follow that the; are voiceles or even truly songless, but that, having.)r the voice-organ or syrinx less highly devel- oped than other l’asseres, they are possessed of comparatively limited vocal powers. This family is peculiar to America. The Old-World Flycatchers belong to the family JIu.\-c[c((p£dw and are true Oscines. Some three hundred and fifty species are known. They are most abun- dant in the tropics. where their servic is insect-catchers are in great- est demand. About: thirty-fire species reach the United States.

Flycatchers are found wherever there are trees. As a rule they are of sedentary and solitary disposition. Their manner of feeding is characteristic. From a favorable perch, hawklike, they await passing insects, and with an aim that rarely misses launch forth into the air; there is a sharp. suggestive click of the broad bill, and, completing their aerial circle, they return to their perch and are again en gurdc.

n KEY TO TIH-I SPECIES. I. \\ mg over 3'00.

A. Tail ldack or blackish.sometimes tipped with white.aeonecaled orange- rcd crown patch.

(1. Under wing—em‘crts yellowish, no white tip on the tail.

44:3. GRAY Kmamm).

5. Under winewoverts ldackish. tail tipped with white . 444. Kixnnnu).

1)’. Inner mile of tail-feathers pale rut'ous: throat and ln‘cast gYIIB'll‘l'i hell}~ sulphur—yellow. . . . . . i . 452. (Ynics'rien FLYCATCHER. (7. Tail t'useons. not tipped with white; no crown patch.

(1. I‘Intire hill ldaek: tail rarely more than ‘50 longer than wing: tarsus decidedly longer tlnm hill: under tuil-cnYt-I'ts always pale. yellowish white. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45G.PII(EBE.

I). ['nder mandible, generally in whole, or part pale, brownish; Wing always more, than '7)” longer than tail: tarsus almnt equal to bill; some of under tail»mvcrts frequently with darker centers.

IA Wing over 1 sides and ln‘cast, except a narrow \Vhitish line

through its center. of the same color as the hack. 451'. OLIVI-z—sinicn Fn'tm'rcnlm. 1)”. Wing; under 3'50: lurcast and sides washed with olive—gray. 4H1. Wool) l’EWIcE.