76 AVIFAUNA COLUMBIANA. 



having been seen but not obtained by Mr. C. Drexler, May 6, 1861. We 

 have never been satisfied of the accuracy of the information, even sup- 

 posing veracity on the part of our informant ; and in our remarks on 

 Mr. Jouy's list we spoke as if inclined to drop the species from the list. 

 But we have no more authority for so doing than for retaining it. So 

 we make no alteration in a record which, unfortunately, must always 

 remain dubious. This southwestern species has several times been taken 

 straggling in the Atlantic States There is preserved in alcohol in the 

 United States National Museum, No. 85,934, a specimen taken in Nor- 

 folk, Va., January 2, 1882, by Mr. E. B. Taylor. Of this occurrence 

 we are informed through the attentions of Mr. Bidgway. (See also Bull. 

 Nuttall Club, viii, 1883, p. 59.) [307] 



120. (35.) Tyrannus carolinensis (Linn.) Bd. King Bird; "Bee Martin." 



A common summer resident, arriving the second week in April and 

 remaining until late in September. Though it breeds here plentifully, 

 it is not so abundant under those circumstances as during the migra- 

 tion, since the greater number pass farther north in the spring and re- 

 turn in the fall. [308] 



121. ( — .) Tyrannus verticalis Saij. Arkassaw Flycatcher. 



This is a western species added to the list in 1877 by Mr. Jouy, who 

 found it in the flesh in market, September 30, 1874. In point of fact, it 

 was not actually got in the District, but in some adjoining portion of 

 Maryland. There is no doubt about the bird, as the specimen is pre- 

 served in the United States National Museum. (See Ann. Bep. Smiths. 

 Inst, for 1874, 1875, p. 32, and Jouy's Catalogue, 1877, pp. 5 and 11 of 

 the separate reprints from Field and Forest, vol. ii, 1877, pp. 154 and 

 17S.) [370] 



122. (36.) Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.) Cab. Great Crested Flycatcher. 



A common summer resident, but more numerous during the migra- 



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Fig. 56.— Great Crested Flycatcher. 



