. Illustrations of ornithology . J/y >srn n//,j est /rs/ ui A/.j . TYRANNUS CALCARATUS, Tyrant. PLATE XXXVII. T. olivacea-fuscus, abdomine fulvescente ; genibus spinuliferis. Tyrannus calcaratus, Swains. Brands Journ. No. xi. p. 271- JL his curimis species is first noticed by Mr Swainson, who met with itduring his residence in Brazil: he mentions it as of rare occurrence. Wefortunately met with seven specimens of it in a lot of skins which werebrought to us for sale. The whole of these agree perfectly with eachother, except that some specimens had the spines on the bac
. Illustrations of ornithology . J/y >srn n//,j est /rs/ ui A/.j . TYRANNUS CALCARATUS, Tyrant. PLATE XXXVII. T. olivacea-fuscus, abdomine fulvescente ; genibus spinuliferis. Tyrannus calcaratus, Swains. Brands Journ. No. xi. p. 271- JL his curimis species is first noticed by Mr Swainson, who met with itduring his residence in Brazil: he mentions it as of rare occurrence. Wefortunately met with seven specimens of it in a lot of skins which werebrought to us for sale. The whole of these agree perfectly with eachother, except that some specimens had the spines on the back of the tar-sus much longer and stronger than in others, a distinction probably arisingfrom the ages of the individuals. All our specimens were slightly shorterthan that described by Mr Swainson, none of them exceeding seven inchesand a half in length. The bill is brownish-black, and rather strong in pro-portion to the size of the bird. The whole of the plumage is a dull olive-grey, tinged on the lower parts with pale dirty yel
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