180 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
(Bite, C240) Riso, Gabo.) 
Geoc. Dist.— Southern Mexico and southward throughout Central 
and most of South America. Accidental in the United States 
(Mississippi, Kentucky, New Jersey, southern California). 
443, Milvulus forficatus (GMEL.). 
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. 
Muscicapa forficata GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 931. 
Milvulus forjicatus Swans. Classif. B. II. 1827, 225. 
[B)a23, C 2am, R gor, "C.367.| 
Geoc. Dist.— Texas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, southern Kansas 
and southwestern Missouri, south through eastern Mexico to Costa 
Rica. Accidental in southern Florida (Key West), New Jersey, New 
England, and at York Factory, Hudson Bay. 
Genus TYRANNUS Cuvier. 
Tyrannus CuvikER, Leg. d’An. Comp. I. 1799, tabl. ii. (Cf Tabl. 
Elem. 1797, p. 201.) Type, Lanzus tyrannus LINN. 
444. Tyrannus tyrannus (Liny.). 
Kingbird. 
Lantus tyrannus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 94. 
Tyrannus tyrannus JORDAN, Man. Vert. ed. 4, 1884, 96. 
[B 124, C 242, R 304, C 368.] 
Geroc. Dist.— North America, from the British Provinces south, 
in winter, through eastern Mexico, Central and South America. 
Less common west of the Rocky Mountains. Not recorded from 
New Mexico and Arizona. 
445, Tyrannus dominicensis (GMEL.). 
Gray Kingbird. 
Lanius tyrannus 8. dominicensis GMEL. S. N. I. 1788, 302. 
Tyrannus dominicensis RICHARDSON, Rep. Sixth Meet. Brit. Ass. 
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