228 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



ORDER PASSERES. PERCHING BIRDS. 



SUBORDER CLAMATORES. SONGLESS PERCHING 



BIRDS. 



FAMILY TYRANNID^l. TYRANT FLYCATCHERS. 



GENUS MILVULUS SWAINSQN. 



Milvulus SWAINSON, Zool. Journ. III. July, 1827, 165. Type, Tyran- 

 nus savanna VIEILL. = Muscicapa tyrannus LINN. 



[442.] Milvulus tyrannus (LINN.). 



Fork-tailed Flycatcher. 



Muscicapa tyrannus LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 325. 

 Milvulus tyrannus BONAP. Geogr. & Comp. List, 1838, 25. 



[B 122, C 240, R 302, C 366.] 



HAB. Mexico and southward throughout Central and most of South 

 America. Accidental in the United States (Mississippi, Kentucky, 

 New Jersey). 



443. Milvulus forficatus (GMEL.). 



Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. 



Muscicapa forficata GMEL. S. N. I. i. 1788, 931. 

 Milvulus forficatus SWAINS. Classif. B. II. 1827, 225. 



[Bi2 3l C 241, R 301, C 3 6 7 .] 



HAB. Texas and Indian Territory, casually north to Kansas and 

 Missouri ; south to Central America. Accidental in Virginia, New 

 Jersey, New England, Manitoba, and at York Factory, Hudson's Bay. 



GENUS TYRANNUS CUVIER. 



Tyrannus CUVIER, Leg. d'An. Comp. I. 1799, tabl. ii. (Cf. Tabl. 

 Elem. 1797, p. 201.) Type, Lanius tyrannus LINN. 



