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Tjnrannus verticalis Say. Arkansas Kingbird. [447.] 



Tyrannus verticalis Say, in Long, Exped. Rocky Mts., II, 1823, 60 (note). 

 (Ash River, near Rocky Mts. = near La Junta, Colorado.) 



Range. — -Breeds mainly in Austral zones from southern British Columbia, 

 southern Alberta, and southern Manitoba south to northern Lower California 

 and Chihuahua, east to western Minnesota, western Iowa, central Kansas, 

 Oklahoma, and western Texas. Winters from western Mexico to Nicaragua. 

 Accidental in Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Maine, Massachusetts, 

 New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Florida. 



Tyrannus vociferans Swainson. Cassin's Kingbird. [448.] 



Tyrannus vociferans Swainson, Quart. Journ. Sci., XX, 1826, 273. 

 (Temascaltepec, Mexico.) 



Range. — Breeds in the Upper and Lower Austral zones from central Cali- 

 fornia and central Montana south to Michoacan and Jalisco, Mexico, and east 

 to eastern Colorado, New Mexico, and western Texas. Winters from central 

 California and northern Mexico to Guatemala. Casual in Oregon. 



Genus MUSCIVORA Lacepede. 



Muscivora Lacepede, Tableaux Oiseaux, 1799, 5. Type, by subs, desig., 

 Muscicapa forficata Gmelin (Fischer, 1813). 



• Muscivora tyrannus (Linnaeus). Fork-tailed Flycatcher. [442.] 



Muscicapa Tyrannus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 325. Based 

 on Le Tyran a queue fourchue, Tyrannus Cauda bifurca Brisson, Orn., 

 II, 395. (in Canada, Surinamo = Cayenne.) 



Range. — Southern Mexico to northern Patagonia. Accidental in Missis- 

 sippi (Natchez, August, 1822), i Kentucky (near Henderson, late October), i 

 New Jersey (Camden, June, 1832, i Bridgeton, December, 1820,^ Trenton, 

 autumn, 1900),^ Massachusetts (Martha's Vineyard, October 22, 1916),* and 

 Maine (Marion, Washington County, December 1, 1908).* 



Muscivora forficata (Gmelin). Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. [443.] 



Muscicapa forficata Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, Pt. ii, 1789, 931. Based 

 mainly on the SwallowtaUed Fly-catcher Latham, General Synops., II, 

 356. (in nova Hispania = Mexico.) 



Range. — Breeds from southern Nebraska to southern Kansas and southern 

 Texas, casually to southwestern Missouri, western Arkansas, and western 



1 Audubon, Orn. Biog., II, 1834, 387. 



2 Bonaparte, Amer. Orn., I, 1825, 1. 



^ Babson, Birds of Princeton, 1901, 56. 

 " Foster, Auk, XXXIV, 1917, 337. 

 6 Knight, Auk, XXVII, 1910, 80. 



