AVES. 125 



MACROCHIRES. TROCHILI. 



TROCHILIDAE. 



Mass. Common migrant, less common summer resident, 

 (May 1) May 6-Sept. 23 (Oct. 15). Eggs, May 24-June 15. 



R. I. Common summer resident. (May 3) May 6-Sept. 23. 

 Eggs, May 20-July 4. 



Conn. Common summer resident. May 5-Oct. 5 (Oct. 16). 

 Eggs, May 27- June 3 (Aug. 4). 



PASSERES. CLAMATORES. 



TYRANNIDAE. 



236. Muscivora forficata (Gmelin) Oberholser. 

 Scissor-tailed flycatcher. 



Muscicapa forficata Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 931. 

 "in nova Hispania." Bonaparte, Amer. ornith., 1825, vol. 1, p. 

 15, pi. 2, fig. 1. Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 1, figs. 12, 13. 



Open tree-grown country; nests in trees. 



Vt. Accidental visitor: St. Johnsbury, ? 1884. 



Conn. Accidental visitor: Wauregan, about April 27, 1876. 



237. Tyrannus tyrannus (Linne) Jordan. 

 Kingbird. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 243; Bird- 

 life, 1898, pi. 30. Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 1, figs. 14, 15. 



Lariius tyrannus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 94. 

 " in America septentrionali." 



Orchards and tree growth along streams and lakes; nests in trees. 



Me. Common summer resident. May 3-Sept. 12 (Sept. 25). 

 Eggs, June 15. 



N. H. Common summer resident north to the White Mt. 

 valleys. May 3-Sept. 11. 



Vt. Common summer resident. May 5-Sept. 



Mass. Common summer resident. (April 27) May 3-Sept. 19 

 (Sept. 26). Eggs, May 30-July 4 (July 17). 



