382 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 3 



TYRANNUS DOMINICENSIS DOMINICENSIS (Gmelin) : Gray 

 Kingbird, Pitirre Gris 



Lanius tyrannus (3. dominiccnsis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 1, 1788, p. 302. 

 (Hispaniola.) 



Medium size ; similar in form to the Eastern Kingbird, but gray 

 above, and white underneath. 



Description. — Length 200-215 mm. Adult male, seventh to tenth 

 primaries (the four outermost) narrowed at the tip; the sixth 

 somewhat less attenuated, the fifth becoming slender at the end but 

 with inner web not incised : tail deeply notched at the end ; upper sur- 

 face gray, with narrow dusky shaft lines on the crown ; a large crown 

 spot, orange to orange-red centrally, pure white at the sides and rear, 

 concealed by the gray tips of the feathers ; upper tail coverts dusky- 

 gray edged narrowly with rusty brown ; tail dusky, the external 

 rectrix edged narrowly, and all tipped, with white ; wings grayish 

 brown, lesser and middle coverts edged with grayish white, the 

 secondaries and inner primaries edged with white ; anterior lores like 

 crown ; a spot in front of eye, narrow circlet around eye, and auricular 

 region dusky-black ; malar region, throat, lower breast, abdomen, 

 flanks, and under tail coverts pure white ; upper breast and lower 

 foreneck pale gray, becoming darker on the adjacent sides ; axillars 

 and under wing coverts yellowish white ; inner webs of wing feathers 

 edged with dull white. 



Adult female, with tips of outer primaries broader ; orange crown 

 spot smaller ; otherwise like male. 



Immature, in first fall, like adults, but with tips of outer primaries 

 not narrowed or incised : occasionally with lower rump, upper tail 

 coverts, and wing coverts edged with cinnamon, retained from the 

 juvenile plumage. 



Measurements. — Males (10 from Florida), wing 117.0-121.8 

 (119.7), tail 88.6-99.5 (91.6). culmen from base 28.2-30.3 (29.2), 

 tarsus 18.1-19.4 (18.8) mm. 



Females (10 from Florida), wing 114.1-118.1 (116.2), tail 80.4- 

 88.9 (85.6), culmen from base 28.0-30.4 (29.1), tarsus 18.2-19.8 

 (18.8) mm. 



Migrant, and winter resident. Not abundant. Recorded in the 

 lowlands from late August to April. 



This nominate race of the species breeds from Florida, rarely 

 coastal South Carolina, and the Bahamas through the (ireater Antilles. 

 It is migrant in the winter season from the United States and the 

 Bahama Islands, and apparently in part at least from Cuba and 



