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ZOOLOGY— BIKDS. 



uj) tlie Mississippi Valley, and availing- itself of" the Mi-ssouri and its tribu- 

 taries, following them up toward their sources. 



TYRANNUS VEETICALIS, Say. 



Arkansas Flycatcher. 



Tymiinm rerlicalis, SAY, Loug'.s Exped. Rocky Mts., ii, 1823, CO. — Bd., Birds N. A., 

 1858, 173.— llKERM., V. R. R. Rop., x, pt. iv, 1859, 37.— Xantus, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 18.5!), 190 (Fort Tejoii, Cal.).— Henry, Proc. Aciul. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 106 (New IMexico).— Cool'. & Suckl., P. R. R. Rcp-, 

 xii, pt. ii, 18G0, 108.- llAYU.,TraiKs. Am. Pliil. Soc, xii, 1802, 157.— Coopeu, 

 l?irds Ciil., i, 1870, 312.— Stkv., U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1870, 403.— Allen, 

 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoiil., 18T2, 179 (Kansas, etc.).— CoUES, Key N. A. Birds, 

 1872, 17(t, lifi.s. 110-', 112.— AlKEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1872, 2().5.— 

 Snow, P.ird.s Kan., 1872, C.—Mkijriam, U. S. (leol. Snrv. Terr., 1872, 090 

 (Utah ; Idabo).— CouES, Am. Nat., viii, 1874, 599 (Upper Missouri).— Yar- 

 row, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1871, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 35.— Yarrow & 

 HensiiAW, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1S72, Wlieeler's Exi)ed., 1874, 21.— Hensuaw, 

 Re]). Orn. Specs., 1873, Wlieeler's Ex|)ed., 1874, 05, 101.— /</., An. Lye. N:it. 

 Hist. N. Y., xi, 1874, 7.— Id., An. List Birds Utali, 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 

 1874, 40.- Bd., Brew., & Ridg., Birds N. A., ii, 1874, 324, pi. 43, f. 2.— 

 Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., June, 1874, 17, 31.— CouES, Birds 

 Northwest, 1874, 236. 



The numerous citations above show the general distribution of this bird 

 throughout the Middle Region, where it seems to be an abundant species. 

 Entering the Southern Region of New Mexico and Ai-izona, it begins to be 

 less frequently met with, though at Fort Wingate, in the former Territory, 

 it was by no means inicommon. At Camp Apache, Ariz., it was present in 

 small numbers in September ; and, during the past season, I secured, at 

 Camp Grant, a female with a young bird, which indicates that at this, the 

 extreme southern, point of its range, it is a summer resident. It is a l)ird 

 that comjjels attention ; ])ossessing all the force of action and pugnacity of 

 the Kingbird, while its notes are louder and har.shei'. In the neighborhood 

 of Denver, Colo., it ap))ears about May 5 ; and the males at once begin an 



