TYRANNUS. 213 



Tyrannus tyrannus, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 236, pi. i. 

 figs. 14 & 15 (1895); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 148 (1901). 



The eggs of the King-bird are of a regular oval shape, and 

 exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. They are of a creamy- 

 white colour, blotched and spotted with blackish brown and lavender- 

 grey, and occasionally with ochraceous brown. The markings are 

 larger and more numerous at the broad end than elsewhere. 

 Specimens measure from -9 to 1*05 in length, and from '65 to '75 

 in breadth. 



1. North America. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 4. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



10. North America (/. G. Bell: Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.}. 



2. North America (D. G. Elliot : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



1. North America (Bourgeau). Old Collection. 



2. British Columbia, June (/. K. N. Amer. Bound. Gomm. 



Lord). 



2. British Columbia, June (J. K. L.). N. Amer. Bound. Gomm. 



4. British Columbia, June (J. K. L.). N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 



3. British Columbia, June (J. K. L.}. N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 



5. Red River, North America, 15th N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 



June (G. M. Datoson). 



3. St. Paul. Illinois. 6th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



6. Massachusetts (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. New York (J2. Beck: Smiths. Princeton University. N.J. 



Inst.). [E.]. 



4. Providence, Rhode Island, 2nd W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



May. [P.]. 



2. Princeton, New Jersey, 3rd June Princeton University [ E.]. 

 ( W. E. D. Scott). 



2. Princeton, 9th June ( W. E. D. S.). Princeton University [E.]. 



3. Princeton, 13th June ( W.E.D. S.). Princeton University [E.]. 



Tyrannus verticalis, Say. 



Tyrannus verticalis, Lord, Proc. R. A. Inst., Woolwich, iv. p. 338 (1865) ; 

 Baird, Brewer $ Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 324 (1874) ; Scl. Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xiv. p. 269 (1888) ; Salv. $ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., 

 Aves, ii. p. 100 (1889) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 

 p. 245, pi. i. figs. 16 & 17 (1895) ; Nehrk. Kat. THersamml. p. 143 

 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 148 (1901). 



The eggs of the Arkansas King-bird are not separable from those 

 of T. tyrannus. 



5. British Columbia, May(7. K. Lord). N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 



4. Fort Laramie, Wyoming (Z>. G. Crowley Bequest. 



Elliot: Tristram Coll.). 



4. Honey Lake, California (Henshaw Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Coll.). 



4. California. May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



