KINGBIRD 



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KINGBIRD. 



Kingbird: Tyrannus tyrannus. 



Length 8^ inches. 



Upper parts slate-color; head black with concealed orange- 

 red crest; tail black, with terminal band of white. 



Under parts white. 



Resident (common) from April 20 to September; winters 

 in Central and South America. 



When a bird is seen chasing a Crow or Hawk and 

 driving it far out of the neighborhood, that is prob- 

 ably the brave Kingbird defending his nest. And if 

 a rather large, dark gray bird with a white breast, and 

 black tail tipped with white, is seen perched on a 

 fence-post or telegraph wire from which he frequently 



