Scissorstail

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scissorstail \Scis"sors*tail`\, n. (Zool.)
     A tyrant flycatcher ({Milvulus forficatus}) of the Southern
     United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It
     is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and
     fiery red at the base of the crown feathers.
     [1913 Webster]