. Our native birds of song and beauty, being a complete history of all the songbirds, flycatchers, hummingbirds, swifts, goatsuckers, woodpeckers, kingfishers, trogons, cuckoos, and parrots, of North America . drooped and vibrating in readiness for instant action; and of dashinginto the air, seizing the passing insect with a quick movement and a click of the bill,and then returning to their stand. . Depending entirely upon insect food, the Fly-catchers are necessarily migratory in our latitudes; ihey appear with great regularityin spring, and depart on the approach of cold weather in the fall.
. Our native birds of song and beauty, being a complete history of all the songbirds, flycatchers, hummingbirds, swifts, goatsuckers, woodpeckers, kingfishers, trogons, cuckoos, and parrots, of North America . drooped and vibrating in readiness for instant action; and of dashinginto the air, seizing the passing insect with a quick movement and a click of the bill,and then returning to their stand. . Depending entirely upon insect food, the Fly-catchers are necessarily migratory in our latitudes; ihey appear with great regularityin spring, and depart on the approach of cold weather in the fall. . The voice,susceptible of little modulation, is usually harsh and strident, though some species haveno unmusical whistle or twitter. The sexes aic not ordinarily distinguishable, and thechanges of plumage with age and season are not ordinarily great. The modes of nestingare too various to be collectively noted. The large kinds of Flycatchers are tmmistakable,but several of the smaller species, of the genera Sayoriiis, Contopus, and especiallyEmpidonax, look much alike, and their discrimination becomes a matter of much tactand diligence. (Dr. Elliott Coucs, Key to North American Birds.) XXXII. J. MILVITLUS , 2. CARDKLLINA Sclal. 3. EMRERNAGRA RUFIVIRUATA ^ivk AURIPARUS FLAVUKP8 XANTHOURA LUXlOSA Bp, TEXASFINK . GOLDM El SE. GR iJNH EHER. Si_ibSor-lai led SparrowVerd i Jay. ^ SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER. 333 The family comprises the following genera: 1, Milvulus SwAiNSON. Fork-tailed Flycatchers. Two species. 2, Tyrannus Cuvier. Kingbirds. Five species. 3, Pitangus Swainson. Derby Flycatchers. One species. 4, Myiozetetes Sclater. One species. 5, Myiodynastes Bonaparte. One species. 6, Myiarchus Cabanis. Crested Flycatchers. Four species. 7, Sayornis Bonaparte. Phoebe Birds. Three species. 8, Contopus Cabanis. Wood Pewees. Four species. 9, Bmpidonax Cabanis. Small Fl
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