Todd: The Birds of the Isle of Pines. 247 



" It is a noisy little bird and its mouse-like, squeaking note is uttered 

 at frequent intervals, especially when anything attracts its attention." 

 A nest found by Mr. Link at Los Indios early in May was built in a 

 grape-fruit tree, three or four feet from the ground, and at that time 

 contained two eggs, highly incubated. Another found on the slopes 

 of the Casas Mountains in June, and containing young, was also simi- 

 larly placed at a low elevation. 



97. Tyrannus dominicensis dominicensis (Gmelin). Gray Kingbird. 



Tyrannus dominicensis Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 108 (I. of Pines, in geog. 



distr.). — Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 1911, 7, 12 (I. of Pines; habits; nesting). — 



Read, I. of Pines News, VI, Jan. 10, 1914 (I. of Pines, summer; descr.). 

 Tyrannus dominicensis dominicensis Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 



207 (Santa Fe, El Hospital, Cayo Bonito, and Jucaro). — Ridgway, Bull. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., No. 50, IV, 1907, 706 (I. of Pines; meas.). 

 "Gray Kingbird" Read, Forest and Stream, LXXIII, 1909, 452 (I. of Pines). — ■ 



Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 58 (I. of Pines); XXVII, 1910, 42 (I. of Pines; 



nesting), 84 (McKinley to Nueva Gerona); XXVIII, 1911, 7 (I. of Pines), 10 



(Nuevas River), 113 (West McKinley); XXX, 1913, 125 (Santa Barbara; migr.) 

 "Cuban Gray Kingbird" Read, Oologist, XXX, 1913, 181 (I. of Pines, summer). 



Four specimens: Bibijagua, Los Indios, and Nueva Gerona. 



This species is well known to be migratory in the northern part of 

 its range, and even in Cuba Gundlach says that it is only a summer 

 resident from March to September. Mr. Read claims a similar seasonal 

 status for the species in the Isle of Pines, but Mr. Link actually secured 

 specimens on December 11, January 18, and February 5, thus showing 

 that its occurrence through these months is at least proven. It is 

 an inhabitant of the more open situations, the pine woodlands, pal- 

 metto-growths, and citrus-groves, where it comes in contact with the 

 Cuban Petchary, which it very closely resembles in habits. Mr. 

 Read mentions having found a nest with eggs on April 1 1, 1909, placed 

 in a low tree only six feet from the ground, and close to a building. 

 Messrs. Palmer and Riley found a nest near Nueva Gerona on July 8, 

 1900, containing two eggs on the point of hatching. 



98. Tyrannus cubensis Richmond. Giant Kingbird. 



Tyrannus magniroslris (not of Swainson) Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 108 

 (I. of Pines, in geog. distr.). — Gundlach, Orn. Cubana, 1895, 80 (I. of Pines). 



Tyrannus cubensis Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 207 (Santa Fe, 

 La Vega, Los Almacigos, and Mai Pais). — Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 No. 50, IV, 1907, 711 (I. of Pines; meas.). — Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 124, 



