172 U. S. P. RR. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. | Sex and Locality. When col- Whence obtained. | Orig’!} Collected by— | Length.| Stretch | Wing. Remarks. 
No. age. lected. No. of wings. 
1513 Q Oarlisle, Pa... .| May 15, 1844| S. F. Baird .. 
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1127 ° Gaddpoli bo psoccocasssosa July 18, 1844] ......d0 wccccccees [occcesloccessccvcoscccses 
6482 }........| Philadelphia, Pa....... |esseeee covees| Ce Drexler. sseesces|eccees|scenes coccessscees 
3 Key Biscayne, Fla.....| April 9, ##4 | G, Wiirdemann ..e.|eeeeslecseeveeceeceneecs [trseeeeele 
. St. Louis, Mo......+.-. | May 12, 1857| Lieut. Bryan....... SIA MVVais ah O00 eis swe. llavasiices|ecescces| set 
8392 3 Independence, Mo..... | June 26, 1857 | Wm. M. Magraw...| 100 | Dr. Cooper......- 8.75 | 15.25 5.25 | Iris brown, bill and 
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feet grayish black, 
East of Fort Riley, K. T.} June 16, 1856 | Lieut. Bryan ...... 13 | WaS. Wood .....|sececees 
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8181 |........| Shawnee reserve, K. T.| July —, 1857! Wm. M. Magraw...|.e«e--| Dr. Cooper....se0|.sseeeee|.. 
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7081 |........} Republican river, K. T. | June 16, 1857} Lieut. Bryan ...... 8 | D.W.A.Hammond}..... eee 
Independence Cr., 130 
miles west of Ft. Riley. | July 4, 1857 |......d0 ..seeeeeees| 65 
Frémont, on Platte.....| July 1, 1857 | Lieut. Warren .....Jsesee+ 
Farm Island, Mo. river. | May 30, 1856 |,.....do. 
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4512 |... ....| Cedar island, Mo. river. | May —, 1855 | Col. Vaughan......|esces+|seeee:dO voveeccee lececvves 
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5235 Q 40 miles above Ft. Pierre} May —, 1856 | Lieut. Warren. .-..|...eee|seee++dO secceeeee 8.50 | 14.50 4 ciDilscecveeaicesunsioesece 
5236 | [eevee dOo 1.0202 dOreee [oeee sdOrecces[eeseesdO s seeeeceeeferssee[eoeeeedO ceeeeeeee| 8.00] 14.25] 4,50 | Eye black .....0006 
5239 |....e++-| Blackfoot country...... | July —, 1855 | Dr. Hayden 2.0. Jeccces|covces vecsescvcces |oeesseselesecsces|sececcne|cecccccscesesscccese 
7504| Q | Milk river, Neb........ | Aug. 28, 1853] Gov. Stevens ......|......| Dr. Suckley......] 8.00 | 14.50] 4.50 |........secee terres 
8798 3 Fort Laramie.......... | Aug. 27, 1857| Wm. M. Magraw... 7 | Dr. Cooper ...... 8.00 | 14.00 4.50 | Iris brown, bill and 
feet grayish black. 
7501 |....0...| Near 32° L. west, Texas.|....-...+-e+++| Captain Pope...... 
5054 |........| Indianola, Texas....... | Mar. 31, 1857 |..... do 
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TYRANNUS DOMINICENSIS, Rich. 
Gray King-bird. 
Tyrannus dominicensis, Brisson, Ois. II, 1760, 394 ; pl. 38, fig. 2—Rucu. List, 1837. 
Lanius tyrannus, var. B;dominicensis, Guein, Syst. Nat. J, 1788, 302. 
Muscicapa dominicensis, Aupunon, Orn. Biog. IH, 1834, 392; pl. 46.—Is. Birds Amer. I, 1840, 201; pl. 55. 
Melittarchus dominicensis, Canants, Journal fiir Ornith. III, Nov. 1855, 478. 
Tyrannus griseus, VieiLotT, Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 76; pl. xlvi—Swainson, Mon Shrikes Quart. Jour. XX, 
1826, 276.—Br. Consp. 1850, 192. (Bonaparte makes two species.) 
Sr. Cx.—Bill very large and short. ‘Tail conspicuously forked. Wings long; the first six quills attenuated abruptly, much 
longer than the seventh. Tertials much developed, nearly intermediate in length between the longest primaries and the shortest 
secondary. Above, and on the sides of the head and neck, ash gray, shaded in places with brown, which forms the middle 
portion of each feather. Downy portion at the base of each feather above light ash, then light brown, tipped and edged with 
darker ash gray. The mottled appearance is caused by the brown showing from under the feathers ; the ear coverts darker. A 
concealed colored patch on the crown, formed by the base of the feathers, white before and behind, orange in the middle. 
Lower parts grayish white, tinged with ash across the breast, deepest anteriorly. Sides of the breast similar to, but lighter than, 
the back. Under wing coverts and axillars pale sulphur yellow. The wings brown, darker to the tips ; the secondaries nar- 
rowly, the tertials more broadly edged with dull white. Edges of the coverts paler. Alula dark brown. ‘Tail similar in color 
to the quills. Upper tail coverts brown. Bill and feet black. Length, eight inches ; wing, 4.65; tail, 4; tarsus -.76. 
Hab.—South Carolina coast, accidental ; Florida Keys and West Indies. 
This species, though about the same size as the 7. carolinensis, is much more powerfully built, 
