82 EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Eggs, 4 or 5, varying from rounded oval to oval, pale buff, 

 spotted, and blotched irregularly with purplish brown and lilac; 

 .65 -|- .85 to .75 -j- 1.00. Nests, quite roughly constructed of 

 weeds, etc., lined with finer material, placed in trees or bushes. 

 Breeds in Eastern North America, west to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains ; in Florida in May, farther north in June. 



445. Geay Kingbied, Tyrayinus dofnmicensis. Eggs, 3 or 

 4, oval, deep salmon, spotted and blotched irregularly with 

 purplish brown and lilac; .70 -}- .90 to .80 -j- 1.10. Nests 

 roughly constructed of twigs, weeds, etc., and lined with finer 

 material. Breeds on the coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and 

 Florida, in the Bahamas, West Indies, Atlantic coast of 

 Central America, and Northern South America, in May. 



446. Couch's Kingbird, Tyrannus inelancJiollcus couchii. 

 Eggs, 3 or 4, similar in form and markings to those of No. 

 444, and the nests are also similar. Breeds in Texas and 

 Arizona, south to Guatemala, in May. 



447. Arkansas Kingbird, Tyrannus verticalis. Eggs and 

 nests similar to those of No. 444, and the breeding habits are 

 also similar. Breeds in Western United States, from the 

 plains to the Pacific, south to Guatemala, in May. 



448. Cassin's Kingbird, Tyrannus vociferans. Eggs, in- 

 distinguishable from those of No. 444, but are, as a rule, per- 

 haps a little smaller. Nests and nesting habits similar. Breeds 

 in Western United States, from the westei'n border of the 

 plains to Southern California, south to Guatemala, in May. 



449. Derby's Flycatcher, Pitangus derbiamis. Eggs, 3 

 to 5, oval, burfy white, dotted and spotted, mainly on the 

 larger end, with brown and purplish. The markings are gen- 

 erally longitudinal. Nests placed in trees, A-ery large, dome- 

 shaped, with the entrance on one side, composed of straw, 

 lichens, etc., lined with finer material. Breeds in the valley of 

 the Lower Rio Grande in. Texas, south to Northern South 

 America. 



450. Giraud's Flycatcher, Myiozetetes te.vensis. Eggs, 3 

 or 4, oblong oval, varying from ashy white to buff, spotted and 



