FAMILY TYRANNISE. FLYCATCHERS. 



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Group 7. Wing, 4.75 to 5.50 inches long. 



Top of bill. 



Back, blackish ; a concealed patch of fiery red on the crown ; tail, tipped 

 with white ; belly, white. Kj n g Bird. 



Tyrannus tyrannus. 

 See No. 344. 



Back, dull ash gray ; a concealed patch of orange red on the crown ; tail, not 

 tipped with white ; belly, white. Gray King-bird. 



Tyrannus domimcensis. 

 See No. 345. 



Back, olive gray; a concealed orange patch on the crown; throat, gray; belly, 

 yellow ; outer web of outer tail feather, white ; a western species which 

 has occasionally been taken east of the Mississippi. Arkansas Flycatcher. 



Tyrannus verticalis. 

 See No. 346. 



Crown and back, ashy; throat and breast, ashy white; sides of breast and 

 body, orange red ; tail, very long, rarely less than four and one half 

 inches. A southwestern species, several examples of which have been taken in 

 Eastern North America, from Ontario to Florida. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. 



Milvulus forficatus. 

 See No. 343. 



Crown, black, with concealed patch of yellow ; back, gray ; underparts, white; 

 tail, very long and forked, usually over four and one half inches. South 

 American species, stragglers, have been taken in Eastern North America. 



Forked-tail Flycatcher. 



Milvulus tyrannus. 

 See No. 342. 



