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b. Tyrannus melancholicus cotchi Barrp. Couch’s Kingbird. [446.] 
Tyrannus couchii Bairp, Rep. Expl. & Surv. R. R. Pac., IX, 1858, 175. 
(Nuevo Leon, Mexico.) 
RanGe.— Valley of Lower Rio Grande, Texas, south in northeastern 
Mexico to Vera Cruz and Puebla; winters in Mexico. 
Tyrannus verticdlis Say. Arkansas Kingbird. [447.] 
Tyrannus verticalis Say, in Lona’s Exped., II, 1823, 60 (note). (Near 
La Junta, Colorado.) 
RancEe.— Western North America. Breeds mainly in Sonoran 
zones, from southern British Columbia, southern Alberta, and southern 
Saskatchewan south to northern Lower California and Chihuahua, 
east to western Minnesota, western Iowa, central Kansas, and western 
Texas; winters from western Mexico to Guatemala; casual in Mani- 
toba; accidental in Missouri, Wisconsin, Maine, New York, New 
Jersey, and Maryland. 
Tyrannus vociferans SwAINSON. Cassin’s Kingbird. [448.] 
Tyrannus vociferans Swatnson, Quart. Journ. Sci., XX, 1826, 273. 
(Temascaltepec, Mexico.) 
RanGE.— Western North America. Breeds in Upper and Lower 
Sonoran zones from central California and southern Wyoming south 
to Michoacan and Jalisco, Mexico, and east to eastern Colorado, New 
Mexico, and western Texas; winters from southern California and 
northern Mexico to Guatemala; casual in Oregon and northern 
California. 
GENUS PITANGUS SwaINson. 
Pitangus Swainson, Zool. Journ., III, 1827, 165. Type, by orig. desig., 
Tyrannus sulphuratus VretLLot = Lanius sulphuratus LiINN&Us. 
Pitaéngus sulphuratus (LINN&Us). 
Rance.— Lower Rio Grande Valley, Mexico, Central and South 
America to Bolivia and Argentina. 
