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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Toxas iis to wammt its iiitroiluction into our fauna. Wu have, liowever, 

 concluik'd to oive iu tlie ])re.sent work uotliing but wliat has actually been 

 ibuud witliiu its ju'escribed limits. 



Tsrrannus carolinensis, Baiud. 



KINGBIBD ; BEE HABTIN. 



? Lanius tijrannus, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1760, 130. This belongs to the Cuban T. matiitinus, 

 neiunling to lioniniiiite. Mt(m:icupa lijriinnus, (iJiii.s.suN /) Wilson, Am. Orn. I, 18U8, 

 00, pi. xiii. — Ai:i). Oin. Hiog. I, 1832, 403; V, 1839, 420, pi. Ixxi.x. — Id. Biids 

 Am. 1, 1840, 204, pl. Ivi. Lnnius ti/miinus, var. 7, ctd-oUiicnui.s, 5, huluck-uiniui, 

 Gmklix, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 302. Musckapa rex, liAurox, Fingmcnts N. H. Penna. 

 1790, 18. Tijrannus pipiri, Vikillot, Ois. Am. Sept. 1, 18(i7, 73, pl. xliv. — C.vu. 

 Journ. Orn. Ill, 18r)r), 478. — Sti,. List, 1802, 230. Tyntnnns inlirpidus, Vuai.i.oT, 

 Oalorii! Ois. I, 1824, 214, pl. exxxiii. — Swainson, Mon. Ty. Shrikes, Quart. Jour. 

 1820, 274. Muscicapa iinimosa, LlCHT. Verz. Doubl. 1823, Xo. SSS. Gabe Moiiv/ie 

 lie la Caroline, IJi-ffox, Ois. V, 281, enl. pl. 676. Tyrnnnus Icucngaster, Sri;i>iii;Ns, 

 Shaw, Gen. Zoiil. XIII, 11, 1820, 132. 7\i/rnniiiis carolinensis, Baiud, Birds N. Am. 

 1858, 171. — C'AiiAN. Mas. lleiu. 11, 79. — Lonn, I'r. 1!. A. lust. IV, 04, 113.— 

 Cuoi'i;u & Si-cKLEY, 107. - ■ Samukl.s, 128. — Oooi'Kii, Orn. C'al. 1, 1870, 31] 



Sp. Ciiai!. Two, .sonictinii's three, outer priiiiarie.s alinijUly nttennated at the end. 

 Second quill longest; third little shorter; first rather longer than Ibnrlh, or nearly equal. 



Tail slightly rounded. Above dark bluish-ash. 

 The top and sides of the head to beneath the 

 eyes bhiisli-lijaek. A eoneealed erest on the 

 crown vermilion in the centre, white behind, and 

 before partially mixed with oiange. Lower 

 parts pure wliite, tinged with pale bluish-ash on 

 the sides of the throat and across the breast; 

 sides of the breast and under the wings similar 

 to, but rather lighter than, the back. Axiliaries 

 jiale grayish lirown tip[)e(l with lighter. The 

 wings daik brown, darkest towards the emls of 

 the (piili.-; the greater eoverts and (piiils edged 

 with while, most so on llie tertials ; the lesser 

 eoverts edged with paler. Upper lail-eoverls 

 and upper surfaeo of the tail glossy black, the 

 all the leathers tipped, and the extei'ior i.iai-gined 

 externally wnii white, funning a con.spicnou.s terminal band about .25 of an inch broad. 

 Length, 8..j(); wing, 1.05; tail, .1. 70 ; tarsu.", .7.". 



IIau. Eustei'n North America to Rocky Mountains. Occasional iu various ]iarfs of the 

 Western Province (\Va.sliiugton Territory, Salt Lake Valley, Triieki-e Rivei-, Nevada, 

 etc.). South to rana.ia. Oaxaea. lowlands. March (Sei.. P. Z. S. lS."iS, :]()•>) ; Hondnra.s 

 (M00HE, P. Z. S. l.'<.")0, 5.')); fimileuiala (Set,. Ibis I, 120); Cuba (Cau. .1. [11.471!; 

 Guxni.. Rep. 1805, 2;il), "7: pipiri''); Panama, (Mus. S. L; Lawu. Ann. X. V. Lye. 

 VII, 205); Greylown, Nie. (Lawr. Ann. VIII, 18,'!); East of San Antonio, Texas 

 (Drk,<.-»ku, Ibis, 1805,472; breeds); Upper Amazon, Peru, Nauta (Scr,. and Salv. P. Z. S., 

 ISGO, ISiJ); Vera Cruz, hot region, resident (Su.viciirast, M. I!. S. I, 557). 



Tiirniinii.-i titiittuii itAlit. 



iailer vc'i'v dark brciwn 'len 



■ath 



The youno' of tlio year is similar; tlic colors duller, tlie concealed colored 



