274 Mr. Swainson on the 



village in the province of Mexico, where that gentleman has 

 long resided. He describes it as a noisy and particularly quarrel- 

 some bird, generally taking its station on the high branches of 

 trees, and commencing a disagreeable chattering noise the mo- 

 ment any other bird presumes to alight upon its temporary do- 

 main. It is even said to attack hawks, but probably this is done 

 only during the season of incubation. 



Sp. 8. Tyrannus intrspidus. Vieillot. 



King-bird, or Carolina Tyrant. 



T. nigro-cinereus, albus infra ; vertice caudaque nigris ; crista aurantiaca" ; 

 rectricium apicibus alb is; remigibus primoribus acuminatis. 



Obscure cinereous, beneath white ; head and tail black, crest orange ; tips of 

 the tail-feathers white ; primary quills pointed. 



Lanius Tyrannus. Lin. Gm. 302. 

 Tyrannus Brisson. Orn. 267. 



pipiri. Vieill. Ois. de L'Am. 1. 44. 



intrepidus. Id. Gal. Ois. 214. pi. 133. fern ? 



King-bird, or Tyrant Fly-catcher. Wilson, Am. Orn. 2. pi. 13. f. 1. 



The long migrations of this well-known bird may account for 

 its having been met with on the shores of Mexico by Mr. Bullock. 

 I believe it has never been found on the South American continent. 



The wings are long-, and the exterior primary quills abruptly pointed : 

 the tail has been described by authors as even, but in two specimens now 

 before me, the middle pair of feathers are rather longer than the others. 



Sp. 9. Tyrannus griseus. Vieillot. 



Gray Tyrant. 



T. cinereus, albus infra; auribus nigris; remigibus primoribus apicem 

 versus acuminatis; cauda subfurcata. 



Cinereous, beneath white ; ears black ; greater quills towards their extremities 

 abruptly pointed ; tail forked. 



Le Tyran de St. Domingue ? Brisson, Ois. 2. pi. 38. f. 2. 

 St. Domingo Tyrant. Gen. Syn. 1. 185. 

 Tyrannus griseus. Vieil. Ois. de L'Am. 1. pi. 46. 



Size rather larger than that of T. intrepidus, particularly the bill, 

 which is much stronger and more convex. The general colour of the 

 upper plumage is light cinereous gray, with a faint tinge of rufous on 

 the tail covers ; under parts white, but grayish on the breast, and pale 

 yellow on the inferior covers of the tail, and the inner covers of the 

 wings : all the primary quills are abruptly pointed : tail forked, the fea- 

 thers black. 



