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U. S. p. R R. EXP. AND SURVEYS ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 



List of specimens. 



Caial. 

 No. 



1513 

 S600 

 1127 

 6483 

 6517 

 6971 



5659 

 5631 

 8181 



7081 

 S630 



8305 

 5-238 

 5237 

 4692 

 4695 

 4512 

 523a 

 5236 

 5239 

 75U4 

 8798 



7501 

 5034 

 51^09 

 7507 

 75U8 



S(;x lltul 

 ag«. 



9 

 9 

 O 



s 



3 



Locality. 



3 



9 

 (? 



9 

 9 



'9 

 3 



Ciirlifle, Pa 



do 



do 



Philailelpliia, Pa... 

 Key Biscayne, Fla. 



St. Lnui.-^, iMo 



Iiidepent'ence, Mo. 



East of Fort Rilry, K T 



.... do do.... 



Siiawnee reserve, K. T. 



Republican river, K. T. 

 Independence Cr., 130 

 miles west of Ft. Riley. 



Fremont, on PJalte 



Farm Island, Mo river 



do do.... 



Upper Missouri 



.'....do 



I'edar island, Mo. river. 

 ■10 lnili;3 above Ft. Pierrr 



do . ..... do 



lllaekfoot enunlry 



Milk river. Neb 



Fort Laraniii! 



Neiir :i2"' L wes;, Texas 



Indianola, Texas 



Fori Steilaeooin 



... do .? 



do 



When col- 

 lected. 



Whence obtained. 



May 15, 1844 

 May 8, 1846 

 July 18,1844 



April 9, 1844 

 May 12, 18'')7 

 June 26, 1857 



June 16, 1856 

 June 17, 18.56 

 July — , 1857 



June 16, IS-'i- 



July 4, 1857 

 July 1, 1857 

 May 30, 1856 

 do 



.May 12, 1856 



do 



May — , 1853 

 May —,1856 



do 



July — , 18.i5 

 Aug. 28, 1853 

 Aug. 27, 1857 



Mar. 31, 1857 



S. F. B.aird 



, do 



, do 



C. Dresler 



G. 'Wurdeniann .... 



Lieut. Bryan 



Wm. BI. Magraw... 



Lieut. Bryan 



.... do 



Wm. M. Magraw. 



Lieut. Brj'an . 



do 



Lieut. Warren . . . , 



do , 



, do , 



do 



do 



Col. Vaughan.,.. 

 Lieut. Warren. .. 



do 



D^ Hayden .... 

 Gov. S'evens .... 

 Wm. M. Magraw. 



Captain Pope. 



.... do 



Dr. Cooper 



Gov. Stevens , 

 do 



Orig'l 

 No. 



53 

 100 



65 



Collected by- 



Length. 



Stretch 

 ofwings. 



W. S Wood . 

 Dr. Cooper. .. 



W. S. Wood . 

 do 



Dr. Cooper. ,, 



D.W. A. Hammond 



do .... 



Dr. Hayden. 

 , do .... 



o . 



do . 



do . 



.... do . 



do . 



do . 



Dr. Suckley. 

 Dr. Cooper . 



8.41 

 8.33 

 8.50 



14.50 

 14. 5U 

 14.50 



8.00 

 8.50 

 8.75 



8.25 

 B.23 



8.50 

 8.0(1 



Dr. Suckley. 

 do 



8.00 

 8.00 



15.25 



14.00 

 14.75 

 14.75 



13.62 

 13.75 



14.50 

 14.25 



14.. 10 

 14.00 



4 66 

 4.58 

 4.50 



5.25 Iris brown, bill and 

 feet-grayish black. 



Iris brown, bill and 

 feet black. 



4.87 

 4.78 



4.62 

 4.73 



4.75 

 4.50 



8.75 



4..'i0 

 4.50 



Eye black . 



Iris brown, bill and 

 feet grayish black. 



TYRANNUS DOMINICENSIS, Rich. 



Gray Kins-bird. 



Tyramns dnmMansh, Bius.son, Gis. II, 170(1, 394 ; pi. 38, fiz. 9.— Rich. List, 1837. 

 Laniiia lyrminui, vor d min icnsis, Gmklin, Sjst. Nat. I, 1788, 31)2. 



Mufcicrpa dimimceni.is, Audi bon, Orn. Hug II, 1834, 392; pi. 46. — Ib. Birds Amer. I, 1840, 201 ; pi. 55. 

 Jl/«(i//nic/i"s (/■ muiiVcns'.'i, Cabanis, .louriial I urOriiith. Ill Nov. 1853 478. \ 



Tyruunus griseus, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept I, 1807, 7G ; pi. xlvi — Swainson, Mom Shrikes Quart. Jour. XX, 

 182C, 276. — Bp. C .nsp. 1p5ii, :92. (Bonaparte m,il;es two species ) 



Pp. Cm. — Bill vry 'nrge and sliorl. Tail ronspicuously forked. Wings long- ; the first si.\ quills attenuated alrrnplly, mncli 

 longer than the seventh. Te'li iIh much developed, nearly inlermediate in length hetween the longest primaries and the shortest 

 Br-ronriary. A Imve, and iit> the sidi'S nf ttie head and neck, ash grtiy, shaded in places with hrown, which rorn)8 the middle 

 pfiriion (tfeiich fcalhci . Di.wny portion at ll'e hase of each foiiiher ahovc liirht tisli, then light hrown, tipped and edged with 

 daike- tish gray . The mottled nppearnnce is caused hv the hrown sliowing from under the feathers ; the ear coverts darker. A 

 concealed colored patch on the crown, formed by the base of the featlnrs, white before and behind, ornngo in the middle. 

 Lower part-* grnyish while, linL'cd with ash across the breast, deepest anteriorly. Sides of the breast similar to, but liglili'r than, 

 the back. Under wing coverts and axillars pale sulphur yelUnv. The winys bro*n, darker to the tips; the secondaries nar- 

 f'twly, the terliaU more broadly edged with dull white. Kdges of the coverts |>ahT. Alola dark brown. Tail similar in color 

 to ihe qtiills. Upper lail coverts brown. J'ill and fi-et black. Length, eight inches ; wing, 4.63 ; tail, 4 ; tarsus .76. 



Itab. — South Carolina coast, accidental ; Florida Keys and West Indies. 



Tliis species, though about the same size as the T. carolinensis, is much more powerfully built, 



