TYKANNID.E — THE FLVCATCIIEKS. ({ | 5 



T. citrulinnms, wliero tlio culiiien is but little inoro tliiui half the lu-ad, to 

 tliat t»t' T. (luminiccmin (,i,'i!iius Mvlitturcliii.'^ of Cabaiiis), wlicru it is d fiikuliy 

 longer tiiuii the head, ami almost as stout as that of SkhiviiIhiiiuh. 



Tlie North American species of 7\i/r<tiiiuts (witli tiieir nearest Mexican 

 allies) may l)e arran^otl l)y colors, acconliiij^ly as they are white beneatii or 

 yellow, in the following,' manner : — 



A. t'lidiT parts wliili.sli, witlioiit any. sliado of yellow. A tiiiiit j;niyisli- 

 pluiiibcuiis pcclDral liaml. 



1. T. carolinensis. Tail isli^lilly ioiukUmI. ]!ill iiiiicli shdrlcr tliaii the 

 head. Aliovc lilack, shadiiii: into (hiik pliiiiilicoiis oil the lia^'k. Tail 

 aliniplly and hruadiy inai'j,aMcil and lip|n'd wilii pure wliiio. ( Ti/rdiniu.i.) 

 Hub. Wiiolo (if Xoi'th Ainiiira, north to the Ihitisli I'lovimcs, and 

 south to Panama. Rare in tli<! Woslcrn I'lovincc of .Vorlli Anii'iira. 



2. T. domiuiceusis. Tail inodoiatcly forked. liili hingor than the 

 head. Aliove liiay ; tlio tail and wini;s lirownish. The ed^'cs and lips 

 of the tail narrowly niarfrined with soiled white. (Mclit/drcliiin.) Hub. 

 West Indies, New Granada, Panama, Florida, (jeorjria. and Sontli 

 Carolina. 



B. Above ashy-olive, liecominf; purer ash on the head. Tail lirown oi' lilaek. 

 Beneath yellow ; the eliin |ialer ; the l)reast strou^dy shaded with olivaeeons or 

 ashy. (Lii/i/ii/iie.t.) 



a. Tail nearly black ; the outer e(l}j;es of the outer webs of the feathers with 

 the libres united closely throuj;hout, and colored similarly to the rest of the 

 featlu'rs; beneath sulphni'-yellow. 



.'i. T. verticalis. Tail sliuditly forked; external feather with the entire 

 outer Web and the outer half of the slialt abruptly yellowish-wbiie. 

 Pectoral band pale ashy, li^rhter than the li.ick. JIab. Western Prov- 

 ince of Pnited Slates. 



•t. T. vociferaus. Tail nearly even or sliLjhtly rounded ; external 

 feather with the shaft brown ; the outer eilj;e only of the outer web 

 ol.wuu'cly yellowish-while, and all the feathers fading' into [laler at the 

 tip. Throat anil lireast broadly liiiL'cd with dark ashy-olive like the 

 back. //((/(. Plains and southern .Midille Province of United States, 

 south into Miilille .Vmeric^i. 



b. Tail brown, .scarcely darker than the winu's; outer (mIltcs of the outer 

 webs of the tail-feathers olivaceous like the back, in contrast with the 

 blown ; the libres loo.sened externally ; shafts of tail-feathers white beneath. 

 Heneath briulit Liacibon-e-ycllow. 



'). T. melaiicholicuB.' Tail quite deeply forkeil (.7i> of an inch), 

 brownish-black, tli( liirhtcr edifiiifrs ob.solete, and lho.se on wiicj-s in- 

 distinct. Throat ashy. Iftib. South .Xmerica . var. iti el a 11 r li nl ii: 11 .i , 

 Tail moderately forked (.,'JO of an inch), jrrayish-lirown, the lii;hl cclj^-cs 

 I'onspicnou.s, as are also those of the wni;i:s. Throat while. /Iiib. Middle 

 America, north to southern bounilary of rnitcd States . . var. roiirlii. 



In the Birds of Xorth America ii sii])]iosed new sjieeies, T. ronrlii, was 

 mentioned as eoniin|.^ .so close (o the lioundary line of the I'liited Stales in 



1 Tiiniiinuit iiirliiiirliiih'ciis, Vikim.ot, Xouv. Diet, xxxv, 1810,84. — n.VTiiD, Birds N. .\m. 

 18.">8, 17(5. -Sci.ATi-.l!, Ciital. Am. Binls, 18i!-.', 23.'). I/iih. South Anicriin. .\ iiioiv iiorthoru 

 race scarcely distiiiguisliahle (Paiiunia, C'o.sta Itica, etc.), separated as T. sativpa, Liciir. 



