TVlt..NNlILK — TlIK KLVCATCUEUS. 



311 



rod-brown. Tlioy nro nf an nl)lnng-oval sliapo, aro tajicring at one end, and 

 nicasiiro .'JO by .G8 ui an inch. 



Milvulus forflcatus, Swain. 



SCI880B-TAIL ; SWALLOW-TAIL FLYCATCHEB. 



Mnneimpa/iiffiinlii, (iMi.i.rs, Syst. Xiit. I, ]'»><, n:!l. — Vii:ii.i.nr, Ois. Am. Sept. 1, ISO?, 

 71. -SlKl'ilDNN, in .Shaw's Ziml. X, ii, H;!, {A. iii. - Uonat. Ami. Oni. I, lb-2:>, l."), 

 (il. ii, f. 1. Ain. Uiii. Itioi,'. IV, 1S;!M, I'Jti, |il. ciclix, ('. 3. Tiiniuiui.t /urjifnhin, Say, 

 Long's Kxpcd., II, lf<L>;i, 'J-.'l. - Nittam.'s Maiuml, i, (l'iI nl.,) ISJO, y(ii). Milnilns 

 fiirfuvhi.t, "Swains." Iticii. I,ist, 1837. — Ai'DCitoN, .Syiioiwi.s, l.sitli, 38. —in. Ilinls 

 Ain. I, 1.S4I1, 1<.)7, i>l. liii. — (.'AiiAN. Mus. Iliiu. II, 7'.i. — Sim., i-i.^l, l.-^O'J, -iM.— 

 Maiiii), Minis N. Am. IS.'kS, liiH. — In. Mcx. I!. II, Zoiil. 7. — IIi'Kkm. X,''. p. 11. 

 TiiriiiiiiiiK ini:fii'(iniis, .Si kimiiins, Sliaw, (irn. /.hdI. liirds, Xlll, II, l^Jli, IJ!.'). M'ni- 

 ilii nil/i; a queue J'uiirchuc (lit Jlcji'iuc, liui'l'UN, i)I. enl. 077. Uinl o/ r((iiu(ise of the 

 Tt'.xaiis. 



Sp. riiAR. Wing with the outer primary only abruptly atteniiatcil, and nanowly 

 liiic.'U' (I'or alioiit .8.") of an incli) ; tlio 

 sifcoiid but .slii;lilly (Mnar^'iiialo ; sci'ond 

 (piill loiificst; fust and tliird equal. Tail 

 veiy doi'ply forkud, tlio lateral feathers 

 twice as lonir as the body, all narrow 

 and linear or siibspatnlate. Top and 

 siiles of lh(! head very pa1(^ ash ; tli(> 

 back a little darker, and faintly tinged 

 with light liriek-red ; under parts nearly 

 pure white, tinged towards the tail with 

 light vermilion, rather more rose on the 

 niider wing-eoverts ; a patch on the .side 

 of till" breast and along the fore-arm 

 dark voriuilion-ied. Tail-feathers rosy 

 white, tipp(><l at the end for two or three 

 inehes with black. Rump dark brown, 

 turning to black on the (;oveils. Wings 

 very dark brown; the coverts and ipiills, 

 excepting the primaries (and including 

 tlie outer of these), edged with whitish, 

 Crown with a concealed patch of white, 

 having .some orange-red in the centre. 

 F,englh, 13.00; wing, 4.7o; tail, .S.oO; 

 depth of fork, 0.80. 



Had. Middle America, from Panama 

 northward ; prairies and oak barrens of Texas, Indian Territory, and occasionally South- 

 west Missouri and Kansas. Accidental in Eastern States (New Jersey, Tnisnru. ; District 

 of Columbia? Couks) ; Xalapa (Hcu 18.-)7, 204); Onatemala (Set,. Ibi.s, I, 121; Mus. S. 

 1.) ; Honduras (Sei.. II, 1 14) ; Costa Rica (Cauan. J., 18U1, 252) ; Vera Cruz, hot and 

 temperate regions (Sum. M. B. S. I, fwO). 



This exquisitely beaiitil'nl and rjmcefiil bird is quite abtnidant on the 

 prairies of Southern Texas, and is everywhere conspicuous among its kindred 



Miltvtm forficatiis. 



