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Order PASSERES. Perching Birds. 



SuBOEDER CLAMATORES. Songless Perching Birds. 



Family TYRANNID^ai. Tyrant Flycatchers. 



Genus MILVULUS Swainson. 



B. 123. R. 301. C. 367. G. 149. U. 443. 



168. Milvulus forficatus (Gmel.). Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Summer resident; 

 quite common in southern Kansas. Arrive the first to middle of May. Begin 

 laying the last of May. Nest on the horizontal branches of scrubby trees on 

 and skirting the edge of prairies, six to twelve feet from the ground; a rather 

 flat, loosely constructed nest, composed of sticks, flowering stems of weeds 

 and grasses. Eggs, three to five; .85x.68; white, spotted and blotched with 

 dark red, or reddish brown, and a few purple stains, chiefly about large end; 

 in form rounded oval. 



Genus TYRANNUS Cuviee. 



B. 124. R. 304. C. 368. G. 150. U. 444. 



169. Tyrannus tyrannus (Linn.). Kingbird. Summer resident; abundant. 

 Arrive the last of April to first of May. Begin laying about the middle of 

 May. Nest in branches of trees, growing in open, exposed situations, six to 

 twelve feet from the ground; a rather bulky, flat structure, composed of stems 

 of weeds and grasses, and lined with hair-like rootlets. I have often found 

 woven in with the same, bits of rags and twine. Eggs, four to six; .90x.68; 

 white, thinly spotted with purple to dark reddish brown; in form oval. 



B. 126. R. 306. C. 370. G. 151. U. 447. 



170. Tyrannus verticalis Sat. Arkansas Kingbird. Summer resident in mid- 

 dle and western Kansas; common. Arrive about the first of May. Begin lay- 

 ing the last of May. Nesting habits and eggs similar to T. tyrannus. 



Genus MYIAROHUS Cabanis. 



B. 130. R. 312. C. 373. G. 152. U. 452. 



171. Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.). Crested Flycatcher. Summer resident; abun- 

 dant in eastern Kansas. Arrive -the last of April to first of May. Begin laying 

 about the middle of May. Nest in natural cavities of trees, lined with grasses, 

 feathers, hair, and often cast-off skins of snakes. Eggs, four to six; .83x.66; 

 bufif white, thickly marked with wavy longitudinal lines, dots and splashes of 

 purple to dark reddish brown; in form oval to elliptical. 



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