This bird is common in the south part of Chile, in Chiloe, the Chonos Archipelago, and on the whole west coast, as far as the extreme southern parts of Tierra del Fuego. In these countries, it almost exclusively frequents the retired bays and channels of the sea with which the land is intersected; and lives on marine productions. I opened the stomach of one, and found it full of the remains of crustaceæ, and a part of a small fish. It occurs likewise in La Plata, and is very common in Brazil, where it haunts fresh water. It is said (_Dict. Class. d’Hist. Nat._) to occur in the West Indian islands; it has, therefore, a wider range (from the equatorial region to the neighbourhood of Cape Horn) than the _Ceryle Americana_. FAMILY.—MUSCICAPIDÆ. _Vieill._ SUB-FAM.—TYRANNINÆ. _Sw._ SAUROPHAGUS SULPHURATUS. _Swains._ Lanius sulphuratus. _Gmel._ Tyrannus magnanimus. _Vieill._ Ency. Meth. p. 850. Tyrannus sulphuratus. _D’Orb. & Lafr._ Mag. de Zool. 1837, p. 42. The habits of this bird are singular. It is very common in the open country, on the northern banks of the Plata, where it does not appear to be a bird of passage. It obtains its food in many different methods. I have frequently observed it, hunting a field, hovering over one spot like a hawk, and then proceeding on to another. When seen from a short distance, thus suspended in the air, it might very readily be mistaken for one of the rapacious order; its stoop, however, is very inferior in force and rapidity. At other times the Saurophagus haunts the neighbourhood of water, and there, remaining stationary, like a kingfisher, it catches any small fish which come near the margin. These birds not unfrequently are kept, with their wings cut, either in cages or in court-yards. They soon become tame, and are very amusing from their cunning odd manners, which were described to me, as being similar to those of the common magpie. Their flight is undulatory, for the weight of the head and bill appears too great for the body. In the evening the Saurophagus takes its stand on a bush, often by the road-side, and continually repeats, without change, a shrill and rather agreeable cry, which somewhat resembles articulate words. The Spaniards say it is like the words, “Bien te veo” (I see you well), and accordingly have given it this name. MUSCIVORA TYRANNUS. _G. R. Gray._ Muscicapa Tyrannus. _Sw._ Tyrannus Savana. _Vieill._ _Bonap._ Am. Orn. pl. 1. f. 1. This species belongs to Mr. Swainson’s genus Milvulus (more properly Milvilus,) but which name Mr. G. R. Gray has altered to Muscivora as the latter was proposed for _Musc. forficata_ as far back as 1801, by Lacepède.