824 NORTH AMERICAN liUlbti. 



Tyrannus verticalis, Sav. 



ABXANSAS FLYCATCHEB. 



Ti/mnnus vcrliaiUs, Hay, Loi.k's ExjuhI. II. lS2a, tio. -Nuttall, Jlan. J I, (2cl ..,1. ) Ksj(i 

 30G. -IJ.viKi,, liii.lsN. Am. nM, 17;i. -Sci,. Cut.il. lS(i2, 235. - Loiii) IV 1{ .\' 

 I..«t. IV, 113 (111-. Col.). -(',M)|.KU k Sr.KM.;Y, 108. - Coopku, Dim. (.•„). J, i.s;,,' 

 312. MummjMi ivrticalis, lio.sAl'. Am. Oin. 1, 182:,, 18, j.l. xi. - Aud. Din Hi...- 

 IV, 1838 122, pi. ..•clix.--Iii. nir.ls Ain. I, 1840, lm», pi. liv. Lujj/,i/clc, a-r/ica/Z, 

 Caua.n. Mils. lU.iii. 11, issy, 77. — Ili;i;ii.M. X. .V, 37. 



Sp. Ciiak. TIr" ibnr oxtonoi- ,,iiills attonuated vuiy gently at tiio unil, tin, liivt mom 

 .so; tlunl an.l louitli .[niJIs lon-tvst, .suuoiul anil (iftli tium..ssivi;lv a littlu .siioittT. Tail 

 -siiglitly U.iia.l; l.ill .sl„j,ter than the head. Crown, sides of hea.'l above thu ..yiv. naj.,. 

 and si,l-.,s of neek pale lead-color, or a.sh-gray ; a cneeale.l erest on the urown, ver'niihon' 

 in the eentre, and yellowish belbro and l.ehin.l. Hind neek and hack a.sli-gniy, .strongly 

 tnige.l with light olivaceous-green, the gray turning to brown on the rump ; ."ippcr tail- 

 coverts nearly black, lower dusky ; chin and jiart of ear-coverts dull white ; throat and 

 upper part of l)reast similar to tlu; head, but lighter, aii.l but slightly eontraste.l with the 

 chill ; rest of lower parts, with the under wing-coverts an.l axillars, yellow, deepening to 

 gamboge on the belly, tinged with olivaceous on the breast. AVing brown, the coverts 

 with indistinct ashy margins ; secondaries and tertials edged with whitish ; inner webs of 

 primaries whitish towards the base. Tail nearly black above an.l glo.<sv, duller brownish 

 beneath ; without olivaceous edgings. Kxterior leather, with the outer web and the 

 shaft, yellowish-white; inner edge of latter brown. Tii)s of remaining feathers pale.-. 

 Bill and leet dark brown. Female rather smaller and colors less bright. Length of male 

 8.2.'); wing about 4.50. ' 



IIaii. Western North America, from the high Central Plains to the Pacific; Colima, 

 Mexico. Accidental in Eastern States (New Jersey, Tuksucll ; Plymtoii, Maine Oct! 

 18Gi>, Bkyaxt, Pr. Bost. Soc, X, 1805, !)C). ' 



The young bird is, in goiieval, quite similar, with the exception of the 

 usual iijipeavanco of iniinatuiity, tlie culoml patch on the crown wanting. 

 In one specimen the first primary only is attenuated, in ethers none ex- 

 hibit tliis cliaracter. 



A specimen of this bird, sliot at Moorestown, N. J., is in the museum 

 of the I'hiladelpliia Academy, but this locality can only be considered as 

 very excei)tional. 



Hauits. Tlie Arkansas Flycatcher was first discovered by the party in 

 Long's Expedition in 1823, and described by Mr. Say. It is a bird of western 

 Nortli America, found from the great plains to tlie Pacific, and only acci- 

 dentally occurring east. A single specimen is said to have been sliot in 

 Moorestown, N. J., near Philadelphia. It has been met with in Texas as far 

 east as the river Mimlires, and in Nebraska nearly to tlie Missouri Kiver. 

 Tlie specimen from which tlie first description was made was obtained iu the 

 beginning of July, near the Platte Piiver. 



Mr. Nuttall, in his Western tour, first met with this species early in July, 

 among the scanty wood on the banks of the northwest branch of the Platte 

 Eiver. He characterizes it as a bold and querulous bird. He found it 



