328 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



7.00-10.00. Adult female: Similar to the male, hut rather smaller, the tail 

 shorter, axillars less intensely red, tlie flanks, etc., paler salmon-color, and 

 crown-spot indistinct. Young : Similar to adult female, hut crown-spot 

 wanting. I^est of sticks, etc., lined with feathers and other soft materials, 

 built in trees. Sggs 3-5, .89 X -67, pure white, or creamy white, boldly 

 but spai'ingly spotted with rich madder-brown and lilac-gray. Hab. 

 Eastern Mexico and southwestern prairie districts of United States, north 

 to Indian Territory, southern Kansas, and southwestern Missouri; acci- 

 dental at Key West, Florida, at Noi-folk, Virginia, New Jersey, New Eng- 

 land, Manitoba, and even at York Factory. Hudson's Bay Territory; south 

 to Costa Eica 443. M. forficatus (Gmel.). Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. 



Genus TYRANNUS Cuvier. (Page 32G, pi. XCIL, fig. 1.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — Uniform graj-ish or blackish above, the middle of the 

 crown with a concealed patch of yellow, orange, or orange-red (except in young) ; 

 lower parts white, shaded with grayish on sides of chest, or else ashj- anteriorly and 

 pale yellow posteriorly-. Nest bulk}-, built in trees. Eggs handsomely spotted with 

 various shades of brown on a white or crcam-colorcd ground. 



«'. Lower parts white. 



i'. Tail slightly rounded, deep black, with abrupt white tip ; upper half 

 of head deep black ; bill small, its length from nostril to tip less than 

 length of tarsns. 



Adult: Middle of ci-own with a concealed patch of orange-red ; wing- 

 coverts edged or bordered with pure white or grayish white. 

 Yoting : No colored patch on crown ; wing-coverts and upper tail- 

 coverts bordered with pale rusty or fulvous, white tail-band and 

 chest tinged with same, and colors duller generally. Length 8.00- 

 9.00, wing 4.45-4.75, tail 3.40-3.75, bill from nostril .50-.57. JVest 

 of sticks, rootlets, etc., lined with wool, feathers, etc., built upon 

 trees. Eggs 3-5, .95 X -72, white spotted with rich madder-brown, 

 or chestnut, and lilac-gray. JTah. Temperate North America 

 (chiefly east of Rocky Mountains and rare on Pacific coast); south, 

 in winter, to Middle America and western Soutli America to Bo- 

 livia ; Cuba; Bahamas 444. T. tyrannus (Linn.). Kingbird. 



I/-. Tail decidedly cmarginato. without abrupt white tip; bill very largo, its 

 length from nostril to tip exceeding length of tarsus. 

 c*. Above grayish brown, the head brownisii dusky or dark brown ; crown- 

 patch orange-red; wing 5.20-5.30, tail 4.00-4.25, bill from no«tril 

 1.00-1.05. JIab. Cuba and Bahamas. 



T. magnirostris D'Orb. Great-billed Kingbird.' 

 c'. Above, including top of head, plumbeous-gray. Adult: A concealed 



Tyrannu! magniroitrit D'Orb., La Sagra's Cuba, Ois. 1S39, pi. 13. 



