. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . roj)e, amongwhich we will name the Spotted Fly-catcher (Fig. 267), and thePied Fly-catcher. The latter bird is very fond of fruit, and inthe South of France it is killed for the delicacy of its flesh. The TYRANTS. 567 common name there given it, Bec-Jlgue, is also applied to a speciesof the Warbler genus. The Fan-tailed Fly-catchers {RhipiduraJlabeUifera,Jjii^?im) arebirds of the same size and with the same habits as the Fly-catchersproper. They differ in nothi
. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . roj)e, amongwhich we will name the Spotted Fly-catcher (Fig. 267), and thePied Fly-catcher. The latter bird is very fond of fruit, and inthe South of France it is killed for the delicacy of its flesh. The TYRANTS. 567 common name there given it, Bec-Jlgue, is also applied to a speciesof the Warbler genus. The Fan-tailed Fly-catchers {RhipiduraJlabeUifera,Jjii^?im) arebirds of the same size and with the same habits as the Fly-catchersproper. They differ in nothing but their plumage, which is muchmore brilliant, their more fully develoj)ed tail, and the beautifultufts which adorn the heads of some species. They are natives ofAfrica, India, Polynesia, and America. The species which mayserve as a type is the Eurylaimus serilophus (Fig. 268), on accountof a magnificent red tuft, edged with black, which spreads outround its head, and resembles a splendid diadem. It is a native ofSouth America, and is a very rare bird in collections. The Tyrants (Fig. 269) owe their name to their courageous,. Fig. 270.—Cephalopterus ornatus (Coracina cephaloptera, Vieill.). audacious, and quarrelsome character, which leads them to attackbirds more powerful than themselves, such as some of the smallerbirds of prey, and even the White-headed Eagle. It must beadded, too, that they more often than not succeed in forcing theserobbers to quit the neighbourhood in which the Tyrants youngbrood is reposing. They feed on insects, small reptiles, and sometimes very small fish. They are found in South America only,and principally in Brazil and Guiana. The Cephalopterus ornatus (Less.), Fig. 270, has some resemblance 568 PASSERINES. to Crows, both in size and plumage. Their name, which in Greeksignifies wiuged-head, is given them on account of a wide crestwhich sjDreads out above their heads like a parasol. Added to this,the front of the neck is bare, but the lower pa
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