96 BIEDS. 



\\\ Wings longer than tail ; tarsus shorter than middle toe and 

 claw; bill not all black; length 6 or more. CONTOPUS, 5. 



%\\\ Wings not much longer than tail ; middle toe and claw not 

 longer than tarsus; bill mostly pale below; length 8i or 

 less EMPIDONAX, 6. 



/. MILVULUS, Swainson. FORK -TAILED FLYCATCHERS. 



1. Iff. forficatus, (Gm.) Sw. SCISSOR - TAIL. Ashy, 

 tail, shoulders, sides, etc., with much red; L. 13; W. 5; 

 T> 8. S. W., N. to Kansas, straying to New Jersey. 



2. M. tyrannus, (L.) Bon. FORK - TAILED FLYCATCHER. 

 Larger, no red, tail still more elongate. Tropical, stray- 

 ing to N. J. and La. 



2. TYRANNUS, Cuvier. KING BIRDS. 



1. 7", carolinensis, (L.) Baird. KING BIRD. BEE 

 MARTIN. Blackish ash, white below; tail black, white - 

 tipped; L. 8; W. 4f; T. 3. U. S., chiefly eastward; 

 abundant. " Destroys a thousand noxious insects for 

 every bee it eats! " (Coues.) 



2. T. verticalis, Say. ARKANSAS FLYCATCHER. Belly 

 yellow; tail white-edged. Western, straying to N. J. 



3. MYIARCHUS, Cabanis. CRESTED FLYCATCHERS. 



1. U. crinitus, (L.) Cab. GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 

 Scarcely crested; olivaceous,, yellow below, with bright 

 chestnut on wings and tail; L. 8f; W. 4; T. 4. E.U. 

 S.. chiefly southerly, N. to N. Wis. A handsome bird, 

 "noted for the habitual use of cast-off snake skins in 

 the structure of its nest." 



4. SAYORNIS, Bonaparte. PEWEES. 



1. S. fuscus, (Gm.) BairJ. PEWEE. PHCEBE. PEWIT. 

 Olive brown, head and tail darker; yellow below, more 



