PLYCATI in 243 



1! \\.r... under S-00. 



IN r part* between "I'm- -brown nnd dark olive-green, but with an 

 .-li tinge, of l-ni-,r Hutu, litits tiroicitiik. 



\\i-r mandible ticsh-color or whitinh ; under part* 



with nly u v-r\ plight tinge of yellow . 4<MJa. TRAILL'B Fi \< \T HK. 



/>. Wing under man. lil.l. rarely clear flesh-color ; generally 



strongly tii.gcd witli l.p.wnih ..... 47. LEAM- Fi \- \t< nn. 



/;. I p|T part* ulivf-grcon vitkvut a browninh tinge; mwcr mandible 



<. First prinmry alout t-|ual to fifth ; under part* white, slightly washed 



with \i'll.-wi-li on tin- l.n-:^t un.l l>clly ; throat whit*. 



4''..">. A M.IAN FLVCATCHEB. 



6. First I'riinury nhortcr than fifth; under purta nulphur-yellow ; the 

 ' uiiil lirt-u.ot more or U'.-w* ii.-*hf<l witli olivc-irri n. 



403. YELLOW-BELLIED FLTCATCUKE. 



The FOICK-TAII.KH Fi.v- \TC HER (44%- Milvvlut tyrann us), a South Aim r 

 iean upveivH rarely found north of Houthern Mexico and the southern Leaser 

 Antilles, hu been r. -r.l. ! l'r<>ui Mis!>issi)i[ii, Kentucky, and New Jersey. 



The Sriw>oR-TAii.Ki> Fi.v< AiriiKit ' 4'r*- Milrulii* forficatu*} in found in 

 the Mimincr a~ t'.ir north a- .ooiitlu-rn Kunstts uinl ui->tern Louituana. It hm* 

 x-cum-d ui-ci.lentiilly near ]!ud>n Hay. in Manitol.u, ( inturi>, 'mineetieut, 

 New Jersey. Virginia, and Florida. It muy be known by its long, deeply 

 forked tail and M-arlet - 



444. Tyrannua tyrannus ///".. KIM.KIKD. Ad. Upper parts 



jrrn\i>li slat. .-.l"r. darker i\ the head and U\<\T tail-coverte; head with a 

 concealed oruiiL'f-rcd crest; tail black, ti|-iH-d with white; under part* white, 

 washed with grayiith on the breast. 1m.- Similar, but without the crown 

 jat. h, and with the plumage more or less tinged with ochracc .us huff. L., 

 ^:>\ ; W.. \ ..I ; '1 . MB; I!, fr-.m N., '55. 



lianijf. N"rth America north to New Brunswick and Manitoba; rare 

 west of the IJ.K-ky Mountains; winters in <Yntral and Smith America. 



Watdiiiurton. common S. 1J.. Apl. " to Sept. Sin^ Sin t '. common S. R., 

 Apl. V) to Sept. 10. Cambridge, abundant S. K.. May 5 to Sept 1. 



.id and .symmetrical. .Iks. graiwea, and mo** lined 



with plant-down, fine grasses, and rootlet-*, generally at the extremity of a 

 branch fifteen t> twenty -five feet up. A;/;/*, three t-> five, wliite, sjiottcd with 

 umlx-r, 1-0") x -73. 



The Kingbird is rmst fn'i|:icntly s4H>n on a fence or a dead twig on 

 . where leaves ,)< n<>t come in the way of his sight. He stands 

 very upright, like a Hawk or an Owl, and, though as quiet as if he 

 had nothing to do. he is keenly awake to every movement atxnit him, 

 and rv.-ry few minutes he dn>hc< into the air, seizes a passing 

 ami returns to the sp<>t from which he started. While his mate is 

 sitting he usually establishes himself near the nesting tree.and - 

 hour after hour in tin- apparently monotonous way, varying it only to 



