FAM. XVIII. FLYCATCHERS 



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Length, 8^ ; wing, 4| (4J-4|) ; tail, 3\ ; tarsus, f ; culmen, f. North 

 America, noitli to New Brunswick and Manitoba ; breeding from the Gulf 

 northward, and wintering in Mexico and northern South America. Rare 

 west of the Rocky Mountains. 



3. Gray Kingbird (445. Tyrannus dominicensis). — An ashy- 

 gray-backed kingbird, with white or whitish under parts ; the 

 tail is blackish, slightly notched, and without the white termi- 

 nal band. The under wing coverts are pale yellow. Habits 

 much the same as the last, but its notes very different. 



Length, 9 ; wing, 4.| ; tail, 3| ; culmen, f. South Atlantic States 

 (South Carolina to Florida), West Indies to northern South America. 

 Couch's Kingbird (440. Tyrannns melancholicus coi'ichii), of Texas to 

 Central America, has the breast and belly bright yellow, the throat white, 

 the tail decidedly notched, and its outer feathers not white-edged. Length, 

 9^ ; wing, 4| ; tail, 4 ; culmen, |. 



4. Arkansas Kingbird (447. Tyrannies verticiilis). — An olive- 

 backed, yellow-bellied, ashy-headed kingbird, with a blackish 

 square tail, Avithout whitish tip. The outer web of the outer 

 tail feathers entirely white, and the under wing coverts yellow 

 like the belly. 



Length, 9; wing, 5 (4f-5}) ; tail, 4; 

 tarsus, I; culmen, |. "Western United 

 States from the Plains to the Pacific. 

 Accidental in Elaine, New Jersey, Mary- 

 land, etc. The Derby Flycatcher (449. 

 Pitangus derhianus), of southern Texas to 

 northern South America, is an olive- 

 brown-backed, yellow-bellied bird, with 

 the top and sides of head black, a white 

 line over the eye to the nape, and a yel- 

 low crown patch. The chin and throat 

 are white, and the under wing coverts 

 lemon-yellow like the belly. The culmen 

 and tarsus are each an inch long, and the 

 wing and tail feathers extensively bor- 

 dered with chestnut. 



5. Crested Flycatcher (452. Myidr- 

 chus crin)tus). — A crested, greenish- 

 olive bird, with brown on head and 



Crested Flycatcher 



wings and chestnut on tail ; lower parts yellow, except the 



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