AVES. 125 



machck'hihks. tu(hhili. 



tk(k'hii.ii)ap:. 



Mass. — ronininn ini<;r;ml. Ii'>> ciiiiiimiii >iiiiiiiii r rt'si(l»'iit. 

 (May 1) May (> Srpt. 2;i (Oct. 1.")). H^jjs, May 24 .luiu- 1.'). 



ii. 1. — Coninioii suinincr n'sidcnt. CMay '.i) May (>-Sc|)t. 2.i. 

 Eggs, May 20-.Iuly 4. 



Conn. — Conuiion suiniiuT rt'sident. May 5-Oct. 5 (Oct. IG). 

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



PASSERES. CLAMATORES. 



TYRANNIDAE. 



236. ML.scivoit\ KOHiiCAT.v (^(iiiRlin) Ulxrholscr. 

 Scissor-tailed flycatcher. 



Muscicapa forjicata Gnu'l., Syst. nat., ITSS, vol. 1. ])t. 2, ]». 031. 

 "in nova Hispania." Bonaparte, Amer. oniitli., 1S2.'), vol. 1, p. 

 15, 1)1. 2. W\r. 1. Egg, Bt'iulirc, 1S<).-), vol. 2, pi. 1, figs. 12, 13. 



OjH'n trt't'-grown country; nests in trees. 



\i. — Accidental visitor: St. Johnshury, ? 1SS4. 



Conn. — Accidental visitor: Wauregan, about Aj)ril 27. 1>n76. 



237. TvRANNT's TviJANMs (Liuu^^') Jordan. 



Kingbird. 



Chaj)man, Ilandh. birds east. Xo. Amcr., ISO."), j). 243; Hird- 

 life, ISOS, pi. 30. Kgg. Hi-ndire, 1S05, vol. 2, pi. 1. fig.s. 14. 1."). 

 Laniti.t fifratinus Liiuie, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758. vol. 1, j). 04. 



"in A.MEHICA SEITKNTUIONALI." 



r>rchards and tn-e growth along streams and lakes; nests in trees. 



Mk. — Common summer n-sident. May 3-Si'pt. 12 (.'^cpt. 25). 

 Eggs, June 15. 



N. H. — Common summer resident north to the Whiii' Mt. 

 valleys. May 3-Si'pt. 1 1. 



Vt. — Common summer resident. May 5-Sept. 



Mass. — Common summer resident. (April 27) May 3-Sept. 10 

 (Sept. 26). P:ggs, May 30 July 4 (July 17). 



