274 AVES: PASSERES. XLVL 



452. MILVULUS Swainson, (Lat., milvus, kite.) 



859. M. tyrannus (L.). FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER. Lar- 

 ger than next ; no red ; tail black, still more elongate. Tropical, 

 straying N. to N. J. and Ky. 



860. M. forficatus (Gmelin). SCISSOR-TAIL. Ashy ; tail chiefly 

 white; crissum, shoulders, sides, etc., with much red. L. 13. W. 5. 

 T. 8. S. W., N. to Mo., straying . (Lat., forked, like scissors.) 



453. TYRANNUS Cuvier. (rupai/i/oy, ruler.) 



861. T. tyrannus (L.). KING BIRD. BEE MARTIN. Black- 

 ish, white below; crown-patch orange; tail black, white-tipped. L. 

 8. W. 4f . T. 3. N. Am., chiefly E. ; very abundant. " De- 

 stroys a thousand noxious insects for every bee it eats 1 " (Coues.) 



862. T. verticalis Say. ARKANSAS KING-BIRD. Ashy-gray ; 

 yellow below; tail black, white-edged. W. N. Am., straying E. 

 (Lat., vertex, top of head, which is ornate.) 



454. MYIARCHUS Cabanis. (/mo, fly ; apxos, ruler.) 



863. M. crinitus (L.). GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 

 Scarcely crested; olivaceous, with bright chestnut on wings and 

 tail ; breast ashy-gray ; belly clear yellow. L. 8f . W. 4. T. 4. 

 E. II. S., chiefly S., N. to N. Wis. A handsome bird, " noted for 

 the habitual use of cast-off snake skins in the structure of its nest." 

 (Lat., crested.) 



455. SAYORNIS Bonaparte. (Say; Spvis, bird.) 



864. S. phcebe (Latham). PEWEE. PHCEBE. Olive brown, 

 head and tail darker ; yellow or whitish below. L. 7. W. 3. T. 

 3 J. E. U. S., abundant ; known by its black bill. (From the bird's 

 note.) 



865. S. say a Bonaparte. Ashy-brown, the belly pale cinnamon, 

 the tail black. L. 8. W. 4. T. 3f . W. U. S., E. to Iowa. (To 

 Thomas Say.) 



456. CONTOPUS Cabanis. (KOVTOS, pole ; TTOVS, foot.) 



a. Tarsus shorter than middle toe with claw; wing about half longer than 

 tail; a white cottony patch on each side of rump. (Nuttallornis Ridg- 

 way.) 



866. C. borealis (Swainson). OLIVE -SIDED FLYCATCHER. 

 Rictal bristles short, one-fourth length of bill ; slaty brown above, 

 with darker streaks ; quills blackish ; middle line of belly distinctly 

 and abruptly white, otherwise grayish below. L. 7^. W. 4^. T. 

 3. N. N. Am., S. to N. Y. ; in mts. and pine forests. 



aa. Tarsus longer than middle toe with claw ; wing not J longer than tail : no 

 conspicuous cottony tuft. ( Contopus.) 



