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lated scrub oak in a pasture. The eggs are usually four in num- 

 ber and exhibit two phases of coloration, some sets being spotted 

 with clear bright brown, and others with dull purplish brown. I 

 have found a runt egg normally marked, but smaller than a 

 Wren's egg, in a Kingbird's nest. 



193. (447). Tyrannus verticalis Say. Arkansas Kingbird. 

 The Arkansas Kingbird is the Kingbird of the Plains and the 



Pacific Coast, resembling the common Kingbird in size and habits, 

 but having the black replaced by olivaceous and the white by 

 yellow. It has been ob.served in Iowa somewhat rarely, princi- 

 pally in the western part of the state. 



Dr. J. A. Allen states: "At Boonesboro a pair of large Fly- 

 catchers were seen in the timber, which I scarcely doubt were of 

 this species. Having no gun with me at the time, I was unable 

 to get them and did not meet with the species elsewhere." (Mem. 

 Bost. Soc, i, i868). 



' ' Has until the last two years always been considered as a rarity 

 in eastern Nebraska, where it occurs as a migrant. During the 

 past month of May, 1905, it has been reported frequently, and in 

 some localities as common, one Omaha observer having seen 

 twelve in one day. There would seem to be considerable found- 

 ation for a belief that the species is extending its line of migra- 

 tion eastward" (M3^ron H. Swenk, Auk, xxii, 3, 1905, p. 320). 



County records: Dickinson — " one nest found at Spirit Lake, 

 June 15, 1902 " (Bingaman). " Shot one July 30, 1902, at Spirit 

 L,ake; two others seen" (Bailey). Sioux — "tolerably common 

 summer resident at Hawarden in 1895" (Berry); killed one, a 

 male bird, the first one I ever found here, Hull, Iowa " (A. I. J., 

 O. & 0-, xvii, 9, 1892, p. 133). Woodbury — " uncommon sum- 

 mer resident. Several were seen and two shot in September, 1903; 

 also August 10 and 16, 1901; May 4, 1902; at Sioux City" 

 (Rich). 



Genus Myiarchus Cabanis. 



194. (452). Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.). Crested Flycatcher. 

 The Crested Flycatcher is a rather rare summer resident in 



nearly all portions of the state, but was reported as only a spring 

 and fall migrant in a few localities. In the southern and south- 

 eastern sections it is a tolerably common summer resident, being 



[Proc. D. A. S. Vol XI 1 39 [Nov. 20, 1906.] 



