262 Bird Studies. 



The Arkansas Flycatcher is a western bird that is distributed over the 

 area from the Great Plains to the 'Pacific Coast. It ranges north to British 

 Columbia and south through Western Mexico to Central 

 Arkansas Kingbird. A me ri ca 



Tyrannus verticalis Say. 



This bird has been recorded as an accidental straggler 

 in Iowa, Maine, New York, New Jersey, and in the District of Columbia. 



The Arkansas Flycatcher is about the same size as our Kingbird and is 

 similar in form. The head, neck, and breast are dark lead color shading 

 into whitish on the extreme upper throat and the region about the cheeks. 

 The wings are light brown of a grayish tone. The tail is black, each feather 

 is tipped with pale brownish gray, and the belly and sides are bright yellow. 



In general habits these birds closely resemble our Kingbird and the 

 nesting and eggs are very much like those of that bird. 



The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is another accidental bird in Eastern North 

 America, where it has been recorded at Key West Florida, at Norfolk Vir- 

 Scissor-tailed S m ^ a m New Jersey, Connecticut, Ontario, and near 

 Flycatcher. Hudson's Bay. 



Miivuius forficatus (Gmei.). Its habitat is from Southern Kansas and South- 



western Missouri through the Indian Territory, Oklahoma, and Texas, 

 south through Eastern Mexico to Costa Rica. It has the top of the head 

 ashy gray shading into light bluish gray on the upper parts, the back being 

 tinged with vermilion. The tail feathers are mainly white. The lower parts 

 are white, washed with gray on the breast and on the sides and flanks with 

 reddish salmon color. The feathers under the wing and a patch concealed 

 by the gray of the crown are bright scarlet. Adult birds are about fourteen 

 inches long, and the forked tail is about nine inches in length. 



The birds build nests in trees not unlike that of the Kingbird and of 

 similar material. From three to five white eggs are laid. They are sparsely 

 but definitely spotted with brown and lilac. They are about nine tenths of 

 an inch long, and they are about two thirds of an inch broad. 



The Fork-tailed Flycatcher is a bird of tropical America, which occurs 

 regularly north as far as Southern Mexico. It has been recorded as an acci- 

 Fork-tailed Fly- dental bird in Mississippi, Kentucky, and New Jersey. 

 catcher. These birds are about thirteen inches and a half long. 



Miivuius tyrannus (Linn.). 



