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TAYi.on, Ibis, 18G4, 109 (Porto Rico).— Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. VIII, 18o4, 



99 (Sombrero); ISG."), 18:i (Oivytown, Nicaragiiii). — Bryaxt, Pr. Boston Sor. 



18GG, 90 (St. Domingo). 

 Tyrannus matitUnits (p:irt), Vieill., Edo. Metli. 1823, S-'O. — D'Oun, in La Sagia's Cuba, 



Gis. 1839, pi. 14.- Gray, Gen. I, 1844,247. 

 Tyranuus iiriri, Temm., Tab). Mdtli. 1836, 24. 

 G¥ay Khtghird, r)AiRD, 1. c, et Anct. 



Sp. Ch. — Wing-, 4.45-4.80; tail, ;).50-4.05; bill, Iroiii nostril, .75-82, 

 depth at base ..jO-.oG, width .47-.55; tarsus, .70-.75; middle toe, .52-.C0. 

 Adult: Similar to T. rostratns, but lighter plumbeous above, and the 

 lining of the wing decidedly yello^\'. Young : Xo colored patch on the 

 crown ; smaller wing-coverts, upj)er tail-coverts, and rectrices distinctly 

 bordered with pale rusty; lining of wing deep sulphur-yellow, and 

 crissiim strongly tinged with the same. 



Hab. — West Indies and adjacent coasts of the continent from Florida 

 to KeAv Granada. Accidental as far north along the Atlantic coast of 

 the United States as Massachusetts. 



Eemaeks. — The specimens in the Xatioual Museum Collection rep- 

 I'esent very nearly the known distribution of the species. Specimens 

 from Greytown, Nicaragua (40438, H. E. Holland), and from Cartagena, 

 New Grenada (17885, A. Schott), are quite indistingiushable from Antil- 

 lean examples. 



4.— TYRANNUS CAROLINENSIS. 



Muscicapa corona rubra, Catesb., Carol. I, 1731-'48, 55, pi. 55. 



Tyrannus, Briss., Orn. II, 17G0, 391. 



Lanivs fijramuis. Linn., S. N. I, 1758, No. 4; ed. 12, I, 17GG, 13G (ex Catesby, 1. c.). — 

 Lath., lud. Orn. I, 1790, 81. 

 MusdcaiHi ti/ranniis, WiLS., Am. Orn. I, 1808, 6G, pi. 13, fig. 1. — Bonap., Syuop. 

 1828, 66.— NUTT., Man. I, 1832, 2G5.— AUD., Orn. Biog. I, 1840, 453; V, 1842, 

 420, pi. 79 ; Synop. 1839, 40 : B. Am. 1, 1827-'30, 204, pi. 56.— Giraud, B. Long I. 

 I, 1844, 39. ' 



Crobe-mouclie de la Caroline, Buff., PI. Enl. 676. 



Lanius tyrannus, var. y. carolinensis, Gmel., S. N. I, 1788, 302 (ex PL Enl. 676). 



Tyrannus caroUnensis, Temm., Tabl. M6tli. 1836, 24. — Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 171 ; 

 Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, No. 124.— Caban. & Heine, Mns. Hein. II, 1859, 79.— 

 Coop & Suckl., Pacific R. R. Rep. XII, ii, 1860, 167 (Wasliingtou Terr.).— 

 Hayden, Rep. 18G2, 157.— Blakist., Ibis, 18G2, 3 (Forks Suslcatchewan and 

 Saskatchewan Plains; breeds). — Lord, Pr. Roy. Art. Inst. 1864, 113 (Brit. 

 Colnmbia). — Laavr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. VIII, 1865, 183 (Greytown, Nicaragua) ; 

 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mns. No. 4, 1876, 28 (Jnpana, Istli. Tchuauteiiec ; May).— 

 Cooper, Orn. Cal. I, 1870, 311 (Western records; not in Calif. !).— Stephenson, 

 Rep. U. S. Geol. Snrv. Terr. 1870, 463 (Colorado).— Merbiam, lb. 1872, G89.— 

 IToLDKX & Aiken, Pr. Boston Soc. 1872, 205 (Colorado and Wyoming). — 

 Allen, Bull. Mus. Conip. Zool. Ill, 1872, 179 (Utali and Wyoming). — CouES, 

 Key, 1872, 169; Check List, 1873, No. 242; Birds N. W. 1874, 235.— Ridgw., 

 Pr. Essex lust. Nov. 1873, 184 (Colorado) ; ib. Jan. 1875, 17 (Truckeo R., W. Ne- 

 vada), 30 (Salt Lake City, Utah), 33 (Parley's Park, Utah) ; Field and Forest, 

 June, 1877, 208 (Colorado).— Gentry, Pr. Phila. Ac. 1874,103 (habits).— B. B. 

 & R., Hist. N. Am. B. II, 1874, 316, pi. 43, fig. 4. 



Muscicapa rex, B.\rtram, Fragments N. IT. Penn. 1799, 18. 



