BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. IO3 



tips of the rest, brownish white ; upper tail-coverts edged with 

 rufous ; bill and feet, black. Female similar to male. 



Length 8.10, wing 4.20, tail 3.50, tarsus .80, bill .96. 



The Fighter, as it is called by the inhabitants, is a constant 

 resident in these islands, and is very abundant. Its habits resemble 

 those of our common Kingbird {Tyranmis carolinensis). Dr. Bryant 

 considered this Flycatcher a constant resident, and found it equally 

 abundant in spring and winter. He also sa3's, " Its flight is both 

 powerful and rapid, and it frecjuently swoops from its perch like a 

 Hawk on some object on the ground. I took from the stomach of 

 one an Anolis six inches in length." 



During the summer it was much less common than in winter. 

 Whether it migrates elsewhere, or remains concealed in the thick 

 underbrush during the warm weather, I was unable to determine. 



