FLYCATCHERS. 



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£K. 



II. Winff undor r.(X». 



A. Uppi;r purtrt l)otwecn olive-brown and dark olivc-grecn, but with an 

 evident brownisli tinge, or louur mandible brownish. 



a. Wiiijr ovtT 2't»o; lower inundible tlesh-color or whitish ; under jmrts 

 with only ii very slight tinge of yellow . 4t)0«. Tkaill's Fi.v<;atciiek. 



b. Wing under '2't;o ; lower mandible rurely clear tlesli-color; generally 

 strongly tinged with brownisli 4t>7. Lkast Fly<at( hek. 



Ji. I'pper parts olive-green witliuut u brownish tinge; lower inundible 

 straw-eolor. 



a. First primary about equal to firth ; under parts white, slightly waslied 

 with yellowish on the breast and belly ; thnxtt white. 



4t)5. AcAoiAN Flycatcher. 



b. First i)rimary sliorter than fifth ; under parts sulphur-yellow ; the 

 throiit and breast more or less washed with olive-green. 



4(13. Vki.low-i»ellie» Flvcatcuer. 



The Fokk-tailei) Flvciatcher {44~- Miivulus <yr«««M*), a South Amer- 

 ican species rarely found north of southern Mexico and the southern Lesser 

 Antilles, has been recorded from Missi.s.sippi, Kentucky, and New Jersey. 



The ScisHOR-TAii.Kn Fi.ycatcmek (44-i. Milvulux /orfcatuH) is found in 

 the sumn»er as fur north as southern Kansas and western Louisiana. It has 

 occurred accidentally near Ihulson Hay, in Manitoba, Ontario, ("onneetieut. 

 Now Jersey, Virginia, ami Florida. It may be known by its long, deeply 

 forked tail and scarlet sides. 



444» Tyrasitma tyra.nnuB (/</<».). Kinoiuro. ./</.— Upper parts 

 grayish slate-color, darker on the head and upper tail-coverts; head with a 

 concealed orange-red crest; tail black, tipped with white; under parts white, 

 washed with grayish on the breast. Jm. — Similar, but without the crown 

 patch, and with the phunage more or less tinged with ochraeeous-buff. L., 

 8-51 ; W., 4-64 ; T., S-of) ; B. from N., -55. 



Range. — North America north to New Brunswick and Manitoba ; rare 

 west of the Kocky Mountains ; winters in Central and South America. 



Washington, common S. K., Apl. 20 to Sept. Sing Sing, common S. R., 

 Apl. 29 to Sept. 10. Cambridge, abundant S. K., May 5 to Sept. \. 



Xext, compact and symmetrical, of weed-stalks, grasses, and moss lined 

 with plant-down, fine gra.sses, and rootlets, generally at the extremity of a 

 branch fifteen to twenty-five feet up. £y<jK, three to five, white, spotted with 

 umber, 1-00 x -73. 



The Kingbird is most frequently seen on a fence or a dead twig on 

 a tree, where leaves do not come in the way of his sight. lie .stands 

 very upright, like a Hawk or an Owl, and, though as quiet as if he 

 had nothing to do, he is keenly awake to every movement about him, 

 and every few minutes he dashes into the air, seizes a passing insect, 

 and returns to the spot from which he started. While his mate is 

 sitting he usually establishes himself near the nesting tree, and spends 

 hour after hour in this apparently monotonous way, varying it only to 



