126 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. CLAMATORES. 



TYRANNIDAE. 



R. I. — Common summer resident. May 1-Sept. 12 (Sept. 28). 

 Eggs, May 31- June 17. 



Conn. — Common summer resident. (April 13, 26) May 1- 

 Sept. 15. 



238. Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmelin) Richardson. 

 Gray kingbird. 



Lanius tyrannus /?. dominicensis Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, 

 pt. 1, p. 302. "insula S. Dominici et Jamaica." 



Muscicapa dominicensis Brisson. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 

 1840, vol. 1, p. 201, pi. 55. Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 2, figs. 

 3,4. 



Tree growth along seacoasts and large streams; nests in low trees. 



Mass. — Accidental visitor: Lynn, Oct. 23, 1869. 



239. Tyrannus verticalis Say. 

 Arkansas kingbird. 



Say, Long's Exped. to Rocky Mts., 1823, vol. 2, p. 60. On the 

 "Arkansa" River. 



Muscicapa verticalis (Say). Bonaparte, Amer. ornith., 1825, 

 vol. 1, p. 18, pi. 2, fig. 2. Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 1, figs. 16, 17. 



Open country, usually near water; nests in trees. 



Me.— Accidental visitor: Eliot, Oct., ? 1864. 



240. Myiarchus crixitus (Linne) Lichtenstein. 

 Crested flycatcher; Great crested flycatcher. 



Muscicapa crinita Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 325. 

 "in America septextrioxali." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1S40, 

 vol. 1, p. 209, pi. 57. Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 2, figs. 8, 9. 



Open woods; nests in hollow limbs. 



