188 KINGBIRDS. 



2. GRAY KINGBIRD, T. DOMINICENSIS. Larger than 

 1, 9.50; tail, somewhat forked, fig. 241; lighter gray above, 

 yellowish below, no white on tail tip. South Atlantic States, 

 Fig. 241. Bahamas and West Indies? 



winters further south , acci- 

 dental in Mass. Migrates 

 north in April. More noisy 

 than 1 with harsher cries. 



3. ARKANSAS KING- 

 BIRD, T. VERTICALIS. Dif- 

 fers from 2 in being bright 

 yellow beneath with throat 

 ashy and four outer prima- 

 ries are narrowed at tip ; 

 lighter ash above. Western 

 A, b, 2. 1-4. U. S. ; accidental in Md., N. 

 J., N. Y., Mass., and Me. 



c. Crested Flycatchers. Myiarchus. 

 Good-sized flycatchers with the feathers of the head elon- 

 gatad, throat ashy; yellow beneath; back, green; more or 

 less cinnamon on inner webs of wings and tail. Nests in holes 

 of trees ; eggs, 4 or 5, buff lined and streaked with brown and 

 lilac. 



1. CRESTED FLYCATCHER, M. CEINITUS. 9.00; cin- 

 namon on wings and tail very conspicuous. Breeds through 

 eastern U. S. north into southern Canada, in early June ; mi- 

 grates in May and Sep. Cries, a series of surprised w r histles 

 followed by a series of chatters, all loud. Frequents open 

 woodlands and orchards, not very common ajid rather local 

 in N. E. but abundant further south and west. Fig. 242. 



d. Phoebes. Sayornis. 



Smaller flycatchers with nearly square, but broad tails 

 and with the feathers of the crown not as long as in c; slight 

 wing bands; under mandible, black. 



