526 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



forked tail in the young, and colors duller. Tropical birds, acci- 

 dentally found in New Jersey. 



M. forflcatus, Gmel. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. 



Tail feathers chiefly white ; top of head ash gray ; back 

 tinged with red ; scarlet crown patch (concealed) ; white parts 

 below washed with salmon pink; bluish gray anteriorly. Length, 

 14 inches ; tail, 9 inches. Female smaller and duller. Young, 

 no crown spot. Accidental in New Jersey. 



TYRANNUS, Cuv. 



T. tyrannus, L. (carolinensis.) Kingbird. Bee Martin. 



Blackish ash, white below ; tail black, white tipped. Length, 

 8| inches ; tail, 3J inches. 



11 Migratory. Very abundant from May till November. 

 Were it not that they destroyed very many honey-bees would be 

 very useful. But a single brood is raised in a season. The nest 

 is generally in an apple tree." [C. C. A.] "Destroys a thousand 

 noxious insects for every bee it eats." Coues. 



T. dominincensis, Gmel. Gray Kingbird. 



Color leaden gray above; concealed orange crown patch. 

 Accidental in Massachusetts (from the South), possibly also in 

 New Jersey. 

 T. verticalis, Say. Arkansas Kingbird, or Flycatcher. 



Belly yellow ; tail deep black, white edged ; ash gray above ; 

 concealed crown spot of yellow. Length, 9 inches; tail, 3? 

 inches. Western straying to New Jersey. 



MYIAROHUS, Cab. 



.M. crinitus, L. Great-crested Flycatcher. 



Throat and chest deep ash gray ; belly bright sulphur yellow ; 

 back, &c., decidedly olive; bright chestnut on wings and tail. 

 " Scarcely crested." Length, 9 inches ; tail, 4 inches. Uses 

 cast-off snake skins in the construction of its nest. 



" Migratory. Not numerous. This species is a solitary bird, 

 only single specimens being found, except during incubation. 

 They feed upon insects generally, and are not sufficiently numer- 

 ous to affect the bee colonies." 



