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The considerable length of the wing tip in this species is equaled 

 among our other wood|>eckers only by the sapsuckers of the genus 

 Sphyrapiaus, and indicates a considerable divergence from the con- 

 dition found in the related hairy and downy woodpeckers. 



Family TYRANNIDAE 



TYRANNUS TYRANNUS TYRANNUS (Linnaeus): Eastern Kingbird 



The kingbird was recorded as follows: Hickory Withe, April 10; 

 EUendale, April 17 (specimen) ; Reelfoot Lake, April 27 (specimen) ; 

 Troy, May 1; Hornbeak, May 3; Samburg, May 5 and 6; Waynes- 

 boro, May 10 to 18 (specimen); Pikeville, May 21 and 29; Cross- 

 ville. May 27 and 29 ; Rockwood, ilpril 17, 1885 (specimen by W. H. 

 Fox); Bearden, June 1; and Cosby, July 5. The western race of 

 this species described by Oberholser ^^ is marked mainly by slightly 

 grayer dorsal coloration, the alleged difference of larger size hold- 

 ing only for part of the individuals examined. The white band 

 on the tip of the tail averages slightly wider in the western race but 

 is subject to considerable abrasion, so that in numerous specimens 

 from the west no difference is to be noted. Zimmer -° states that 

 he has been hesitant about recognizing two races in this species, but 

 such action to me seems valid, though as indicated the difference 

 between the two is slight. 



MYIARCHUS CRINITUS BOREUS Bangs: Northern Crested Flycatcher 



On April 27 a female crested flycatcher was taken at Reelfoot 

 Lake, and two othei's were seen. Two were seen near Hornbeak on 

 May 1, and others about the lake on May 7. They were fairly com- 

 mon at Waynesboro from May 10 to 14 and near Pikeville on May 

 31. W. H. Fox collected one at Rockwood on April 15, 1885, One 

 was taken in the Holston Mountains above Shady Valley on June 

 4. One was seen on June 24 at 3,800 feet on Snake Den Mountain in 

 the Great Smoky Mountains, and two at 3,900 feet on Big Frog 

 Mountain, July 10. 



Eight specimens from Tennessee examined all agree in color and 

 in size of bill with the northern race. 



SAYORNIS PHOEBE (Latham): Eastern Phoebe 



Specimens were seen or collected as follows: Hickory Withe, 

 Fayette County, April 12 ; Samburg, May 2 ; Phillippy, Lake County, 



19 Tyiannus tyrannus hespericola Oberholser, Sci. Publ. Cleveland Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 

 4, Sept. 19, 1932, p. 3 (mouth of Twenty Mile Creek, Warner Valley, 9 miles south of Adel, 

 Greg. ) . 



ao Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 962, Nov. 18, 1937, pp. 12-13. 



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