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orangc-colorcd patch in middle of crown ; wing-covcrts and upper 

 tail-covcrts without rusty or buff}- margins. Young: No crown- 

 patch ; wing-coverts and upper tail-coverts more or less distinctly 

 bordered with pale rust}-, ochraceous, or buffy. Length about 8.90- 

 9.80, wing 4.45-4.80, tail 3.50-4.05, bill from nostril .75-.82. JS'est on 

 horizontal branches of (usually small) trees, loosely constructed of 

 twigs, roots, etc., with little if any lining. JSggs usually 3, 1.02 X 

 .73, deep cream-color or pinkish buff, spotted or dashed (or both) 

 with madder-brown and purplish gray. Hab. West Indies and 

 coasts of Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, north to Florida, 

 Georgia, and South Carolina ; accidental in Massachusetts. 



445. T. dominicensis (G.mel.). Gray Kingbird. 

 (/'. Lower parts yellow, the throat and chest grayish or whitish. 



6'. Bill excessively stout, all its outlines convex, its depth at base .38, or more, 

 width .53, or more. 

 Above olive-gray, wings and tail browner, head darker ; crown-patch 

 lemon-j-ellow ; chin and throat white, chest more ashy, rest of 

 under parts sulphur-yellow ; wing 5.00-5.50, tail 4.00-4.50, bill from 

 nostril .75-.81, depth at base .38-.43, width .53-.60. Hab. Mexico, 

 north to Orizaba and Mazathvn. 



T. crassirostris Swains. Thick-billed Kingbird.' 

 b''. Bill much loss stout, its outlines straight, depth at base less than .38, width 

 less than .53. 

 c*. Tail decidedly emarginate ; length of bill from nostril nearly- or quite 

 equal to length of tarsus. 

 Adult male: Head, neck, chest, and back light ash-gi-ay, the last 

 tinged with olive-greenish ; wings and tail dusky brownish 

 gray, with paler brownish gray edgings ; lower parts, in- 

 cluding breast, rich lemon-yellow (the breast tinged with 

 olive), the chin and throat graj-ish white. Adult female: 

 Similar to male, but rather smaller, with tail less deepl}- 

 emarginate, orange-red crown-spot more restricted, and quills 

 less conspicuously narrowed at tips. Young : Similar to adult, 

 but no colored crown-patch, wing-coverts bordered with pale 

 buff)-, and yellow of lower parts paler. Length about 9.00- 

 10.00, wing 4.40-5.00, tail 3.75-4.40. bill from nostril .C0-.75. 

 Kest on trees, composed of small twigs, fine roots, etc., and 

 lined with the latter, together with "the black hair-like heart 

 of the Spanish moss." (Sennett.) Eggs 4, .96 X -73, buflT, 

 spotted with rich brown, chief!}- round larger end. Sab. Mex- 

 ico and Guatemala, north to southern border of United States 

 (southern Texas to Arizona). 

 446. T. melancholicus couchi (Baird). Couch's Kingbird. 



' Tijranmu CTuttiratlrit Sw.ii:«s., Quar. Joar. Sci., xx. 1826, 278. 

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