ORDER PASSERES. 181 
[B 125, C 243, R 303, C 369.] 
Geoc. Dist.— South Atlantic States (South Carolina, Georgia, 
Florida), West Indies, Atlantic coast of Central America, and northern 
South America. Accidental in Massachusetts. 
446. Tyrannus melancholicus couchii (Barrp). 
Couch’s Kingbird. 
Tyrannus couchit BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 175. 
Tyrannus melancholicus var. couchii Cours, Check-list, ed. 1, 
Deen 2S 745.5%. 
[B 128, 129, C 246, R 305, C 372.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Southern border of the United States (Texas), 
south to Guatemala. 
447. Tyrannus verticalis Say. 
Arkansas Kingbird. 
Tyrannus verticalis Say, Lone’s Exp. II. 1823, 60. 
[B 126, C 244, R 306, C 370.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Western United States, from the Plains to the 
Pacific, and from British Columbia south through Lower California 
and western Mexico to Guatemala. Accidental in Maryland, New 
Jersey, New York, and Maine. 
448, Tyrannus vociferans Swains. 
Cassin’s Kingbird. 
Tyrannus vociferans Swains. Quart. Jour. Sci. XX. 1826, 273. 
[B 127, C 245, R 307, C 371.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Western United States from southern Wyoming, 
eastern Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, western Texas and southern 
California, south to Guatemala. 
Genus PITANGUS Swainson. 
Pitangus Swainson, Zool. Journ. III. July, 1827, 165. Type, 
Tyrannus sulphuratus ViEILL. 
