54 CHECK LIST OF THE 



Order PASSERES. (Perching Birds.) 



Toes always four ; feet fitted for perching ; the hind toe always on a 

 level with the rest ; its claw at least as long- as that of the middle toe ; 

 none of the toes versatile and none webbed; wing coverts few, chiefly 

 in two series. 



SUBORDER CLAMATORES. (SONGLESS PERCHING BIRDS.) 

 FAMILY TYRANNID^E. (TYRANT FLYCATCHERS.) 



Bill typically broad, triangular, depressed, abruptly hooked and 

 notched at tip, with long rectal bristles ; commissure nearly straight ; 

 nostrils small, usually partly concealed. Tarsus with its back and sides 

 as well as the front covered with scutella, so that there is no undivided 

 ridge behind, as in most other Passeres. 



All our species are insectivorous, capturing their food by darting 

 upon it from some elevated perch. The whole family are decidedly bene- 

 ficial to agriculture. Some of them have very pleasant notes, but none 

 of them are songsters. 



GENUS TYRANNUS. 



(444) Kingbird. 



(Tyrannus tyrannus.) 



An abundant summer resident ; breeds throughout its range in the 

 Province. 



Arrives about the tenth of May, departs about the end of August. 



GENUS MYIARCHUS. 



(452) Crested Flycatcher. 



(Myiarchus crinitus.) 



Common summer resident, breeding in woods and orchards through- 

 out its range in the Province. 



Arrives about the middle of May, departs about the end of August. 



GENUS SAYORNIS. 



(456) Phoebe. 



(Sayornis phcebe.) 



An abundant summer resident, breeding about farm buildings and 

 bridges throughout its range in the Province. 



Arrives early in April, departs early in October. 



A most useful bird and one that will return year after year to its 

 nesting place on the farm, if not molested. 



