TYRANNUS VERTICALIS : ARKANSAS FLYCATCHER. 13 



remain the only authentic instances of the occurrence 

 of the species so far beyond its usual range. 



/ ARKANSAS FLYCATCHER. 



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{ s TYRANNUS VERTICALIS Say. 



/J Chars. Several outer primaries gradually attenuate for a long dis- 



[) tance. Coloration olivaceous and yellow. Belly and under tail- 



I coverts clear yellow, the back ashy-olive, changing to clear ash 



t~ on the head, throat, and breast, the chin whitening ; lores and 



w auriculars dusky ; wings dark brown with whitish edging ; tail 



I blackish, the outer web of the outer feather white. Bill and feet 



I black. Length, 8.00-9.00 ; extent, 16.50; wing, nearly 5.00 ; tail, 



[y about 4.00 ; bill, 0.65-0.75. 



/Another straggler to New England, this time from 

 the West instead of the South, the Arkansas Flycatcher 

 being chiefly a trans-Mississippian bird, extremely abun- 

 dant in its proper habitat. It has occurred in New Eng- 

 -/ land in only one known instance. The late Dr. Henry 

 U I Bryant recorded a specimen said to have been taken at 

 ; Plympton, Maine (Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, x, 1865, p. 

 /j 96). There being no such place, Dr. Brewer presumed 

 I/' Pembroke, Maine, was meant, and so amended the 

 record (Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvii, 1875, p. 443). Mr. 

 Purdie later gave the correct reference, the specimen 

 -A having been taken at Elliot, Maine, by Mr. George E. 

 ^ Brown (Bull. Nutt. Club, i, 1876, p. 73). 

 (j Dr. W. P. Turnbull has instanced the occurrence of 

 ,n the Arkansas Flycatcher at Moorestown, New Jersey 

 I) (B. E. Pa., 1869, p. 41). Mr. E. P. Bicknell notes the 

 capture of a specimen in Riverdale, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1875 

 (Bull. Nutt. Club, iv, 1879, P- 60). A fourth instance 



