120 BIRDS OF OHIO. 
OrperR PASSERES.  Perching Birds. 
- Susorper CLAMATORES. Songless Perching Birds. 
~ Family TYRANNIDZ. Tyrant Flycatchers. 
The birds. which belong to this family are preeminently 
flycatchers, but while they feed so largely upon flying in- 
sects, catching them in mid-air by a sally from some position 
where they have been waiting, they also eat wild fruits in 
their season to some extent. Sometimes they descend to 
the ground to pick up insects seen there. The only member 
of the family about which complaints have been made is the 
Kingbird. He is fond of honey bees, and will sometimes 
nearly destroy a hive if not interrupted in his feast. As a 
group the flycatchers are among our most useful insect de- 
stroyers, supplementing the work of the swallows and 
Nighthawk, Whip-poor-will, and Chimney Swift. 
162. (444.) TyrRANNUS TYRANNUS (Linn.). 127. 
Kingbird. 
Synonyms: Tyrannus carolinensis, T. intrepidus, Muscicapa ty- 
rannus, Lanius tyrannus. 
Bee Martin, Bee Bird, Tyrant Flycatcher, Tyrant. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 163. 
The Kingbird is well known to all. It is common during 
the summer in all parts of the state. While it may be harm- 
ful in some individual cases to bee raisers, it is a decidedly 
useful bird in general. 
The Kingbird reaches the Ohio river about April 20, and 
Lake Erie five days later. It remains only until the first 
week in September. 
163. (452.) MyrarcHus crinitus (Linn:). 128. 
Crested Flycatcher. 
Synonyms: Musicapa crinita, Tyrannus crinitus. 
Great Crested Flycatcher. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 1€3. 
This bird is almost as well known as the Kingbird, from 
which it may be easily distinguished by the reddish instead 
