KINGBIRD 



48. Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus) 

 Kingbird 



Length, 186 mm. (7.30 in.); tail, 83 mm. 



(3-25 in.)- 



Male. Above dark brownish gray, sooty on 

 top of head, with a concealed crown patch of 

 flame color, the crown feathers elongated; wing 

 quills slightly edged with whitish; tail black with 

 conspicuous white tips to all the feathers ; below, 

 including cheeks, white, the chest tinged with 

 gray. No conspicuous wing bars. 



Female. Similar to male but crown patch 

 smaller. 



A migrant. Large, straggling flocks, appar- 

 ently migrating northward in a leisurely manner, 

 seen flying over and alighting on trees late in 

 April, 1924. This bird is fond of perching on 

 tree tops where its strongly contrasting dark 

 back and white lower parts and the white tip 

 to each tail feather (conspicuous as it flies out 

 after insects) make it easy to recognize. 



49. Tyrannus melancholicus chloronotus 



Berlepsch 

 Liechtenstein's Kingbird 



Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa RIDGWAY, Birds of N. 

 and M. Amer., IV, p. 700, 1907; STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci., 1918, p. 268. 



Male. Length, 221 mm. (8.70 in.); tail, 

 99 mm. (3.70 in.). Above mixed gray and olive 

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