. Reptiles et oiseaux : un récit populaire de leurs différents ordres, avec une description des habitudes et de l'économie des plus intéressants . 248.—le roi Tody, pour quitter le quartier dans lequel les tyrans, jeunes, se posent. Ils se nourrissent d'insectes, de petits reptiles et parfois de très petits poissons. Le roi oiseau des États-Unis (Tyranmisintrepidus) est un type bien connu. Mais les attrape-mouches à queue fourrée{Melvidus tyrajinus, fig. 249), que l'on trouve en Amérique du Sud seulement, et surtout au Brésil et en Guyane, sont les plus attrayants. L'oiseau-parapluie {Cephalopterus ornatus, fig. 250) a someresemblanc

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. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders, with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . 248.—King Tody, to quit the neighbourhood in which the Tyrants young brood isreposing. They feed on insects, small reptiles, and sometimes onvery small fish. The King Bird of the United States {Tyranmisintrepidus) is a well-known type. But the Forked-tailed Fly-catchers{Melvidus tyrajinus, Fig. 249), found in South America only, andprincipally in Brazil and Guiana, are the most attractive. The Umbrella Bird {Cephalopterus ornatus, Fig. 250) has someresemblance to Crows, both in size and plumage. Their name, whichin Greek signifies winged-head, is given them on account of awide crest which spreads out above their head like a parasol. Addedto this the front of the neck is bare, but tlie lower part is furnishedwith a thick tuft of feathers, which hang down over the breast. SHRIKES. 539 These birds are natives of the forests of Brazil which margin onrivers. Little or nothing is known as to their habits. The wideshape of the bill would suggest that they feed chiefly on berries andfruit.. Fig. 249.—The Forked-tail Fly-catchei. The Shrike genus concludes the Passerine order. It comprises acertain number of birds with tapering or flattened bills, more or lesshooked at the point, and deeply indented. In their quarrelsomenature, and in their partiality for flesh they resemble the Rapaciousorder. Among them are classed the Great Grey Shrike, the Red-backed Shrike, the Woodchat Shrike, the Pied Crow Shrike, andthe Piping Crow Shrike. 540 REPTILES AND BIRDS. The Shrikes proper possess the instinct of destruction in the veryhighest degree. They deHght in shedding blood and in spreadingdeath wherever they go; indeed, their evil disposition has becomeproverbial. Not satisfied with killing with a view of satisfying thelawful needs of hunger, they sacrifice, as if for mere pleasure, insects, birds, and small mammals. They afterwards impale them u

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