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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



TYRANNUS DOMINICENSIS VORAX (Vieillot). 

 LARGE-BILLED KINGBIRD. 



Similar to T. d. dominicensis, but averaging larger, with relatively 

 iiiiicli larger bill, gray of upper parts slightly darker, and axillars and 

 under wing-coverts less strongly yellowish. 



Adult 7Wfl7^.— Length (skins), 221-246 (230); wing, 112-121.5 

 (118.1); tail, 91-100 (94.7); exposed culmen, 26.5-31 (29); tarsus, 

 18.5-20 (18.9); middle toe, 14.5-15 (14.9).« 



Adult female.— hength (skins), 207-236 (229); wing, 107.5-118.5 

 (114.3); tail, 86-95 (90); exposed culmen, 27.5-31.5 (29); tarsus, 

 18-20 (19); middle toe, 14-15.5 (14.6).^ 



More southern Lesser Antilles (St. Eustatius;'^ Barbuda; Antigua ;'^ 

 Grand Terre; Dominica; Martinique; Santa Lucia; St. Vincent; Car- 

 riacou; Grenada; Grenadines; Barbados); Island of Trinidad. 



Tyrannus voraxYiEihijOT, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxxv, 1819, 90 (Martinique). 



Tyrannns magriirostris (not of D'Orl)igny) Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 236 

 (Cuba?); Ibis, 1807, 108 (Trinidad; crit.).— Leotaud, Ois. Trinidad, 1866, 

 215. 



Tyrannns rostrattis Sclater, Il)is, vi, Jan., 1864, 87, footnote (Martinique, Lesser 

 Antilles?; coll. P. L. Sclater); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, 272 (Santa 

 Lucia; crit.); 1889, 320 (Dominica); 1892, 499 (Anguilla).— Taylor, Ibis, 

 1864, 87 (Trinidad).— Semper, Ibis, 1871, 272 (Santa Lucia); 1872, 651 (Santa 

 Lucia; habits). — Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 60 (Dominica; 

 descr. nest and eggs), 191 (St. Vincent), 234 (Antigua; habits), 240 (Bar- 

 buda), 271 (Grenada; habits), 358 (Martinique).— Ridgway, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 470 (monogr.); xii, 1890, 130 (Santa Lucia).— Allen, BulL 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 167 (Santa Lucia).— Lister, Ibis, 1880, 41 (St. 

 Vincent). — Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 243 (descr., synonymy, etc.); Ibis, 1886, 473 

 (St. Vincent), 475 (Grand Terre); Birds West Ind., 1889, 129; Cat. West Ind. 

 Birds, 1892, 13, 108 (Barbuda; Antigua; Dominica; Martinique; St. Vincent; 

 Grenada; Barbados).— Wells, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1887, 618 (Grenada; 

 habits; descr. nest and eggs); Auk, xix, 1902, 346 (Carriacou; habits; descr. 



« Eleven specimens. 

 b Ten specimens. 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Eight males from northern Lesser Antilles (St. Eustatins, [ 

 Barbuda, and Antigua) 117. ^ 



Three males from southern Lesser Antilles (Grenada and 

 Dominica) | 120. 3 



FEMALES. 



Six adult females from northern Lesser Antilles (St. Eusta- 

 tius, Barbuda, and Antigua) 113. 2 



Four adult females from southern I^es.ser Antilles (Grenada, 

 Santa Lucia, and Dominica) [ Ufl. 1 



Tail. 



94 

 9G. .5 



89.6 

 90.8 



posed Tarsus. ™le 

 culmen. I ^ loe. 



28.8 



28.7 

 29.5 



18.6 14.9 



29.8 19.7 14. 



19 14.4 



19.1 , 15 



c T. d. dominicensis also occurs on these islands, but probably only as a straggler. 



