KING-BIRD, OR TYRANT FLYCATCHER. 



(Muscicapa tyrannus, Briss. Bonap. Audubon, pi. 79. Lanius 

 f?/?-arenM5, Wilson, ii. p. 67.pl. 13. fig. 1. Phil. Museum, No. 578.) 



Sp. Charact. — Blackish, beneath nearly white; tail even, extend- 

 ing far beyond the wings, black, tipped with white. — Adult wiXh. 

 a scarlet spot on the crown. 



This well known, remarkable, and pugnacious bird 

 takes up his summer residence in all the intermediate 

 region, from the temperate parts of Mexico to the unin- 



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