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266 (444) Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus) 
EASTERN KINGBIRD 
Status—Rare transient visitant; two records: one individual seen by A. K. 
Fisher at Olancha, near southern end of Owens Lake, June 29, 1891 (A. K. 
Fisher, N. Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 59); immature male secured by W. B. 
Judson at Santa Monica, August 31, 1895 (J. Grinnell, Bds. Los Angeles Co., 
1898, p. 29) ; the latter specimen is now no. 10253, Mus. Vert. Zool. The species 
probably occurs not infrequently as a summer visitant along the extreme north- 
eastern borders of the state. 
267 (447) Tyrannus verticalis Say 
WESTERN KINGBIRD 
Synonyms—Muscicapa verticalis; Arkansas Kingbird; Arkansas Flycatcher. 
Status—Common summer visitant to Upper and Lower Sonoran zones both 
east and west of the Sierras and almost everywhere these zones occur; breeds 
also locally in Transition. Of wider distribution during migration. Most abund- 
ant in the interior semi-arid valleys. Rare or absent on the deserts, save in mi- 
eration, and in the humid coast belt north of Sonoma County and west of Shasta 
Valley, Siskiyou County. 
268 (448) Tyrannus vociferans Swainson 
Casstn KINGBIRD 
Synonym—Cassin Flycatcher. 
Status—Fairly common resident locally in the Lower Sonoran zone in the 
San Diegan district northwest to Santa Barbara. More in evidence in winter, 
when T. verticalis is absent, for in summer 7. vociferans is far outnumbered by 
verticalis. Winters also irregularly north to Santa Cruz (J. G. Cooper, Orn. 
Calif., 1, 1870, p. 314). Oeeurs commonly as a summer visitant, and breeding, at 
Paicines, San Benito County (J. and J. W. Mailliard, Condor, mr, 1901, p. 123; 
also eggs in Mailliard eoll.). Recorded, further, from Santa Cruz Island, No- 
vember (Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 127), the Providence Mountains, eastern 
San Bernardino County (F. Stephens, Condor, v. 1903, p. 102), and, in winter, 
Tmperial Valley (Van Rossem, Condor, xi, 1911, p. 132). 
269 (454) Myiarchus cinerascens cinerascens (Lawrence) 
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER 
Synonyms—Myiobius crinitus; Tyrannus crinitus; Myiarchus mericanus; 
Wyiarchus crinitus cinerascens; Tyrannula cinerascens. 
Status—Common summer visitant to Lower and Upper Sonoran zones both 
on the desert and the Pacifie drainage. Northernmost record east of the Sierra 
Nevada: Honey Lake, Lassen County (Henshaw, Rep. Wheeler Surv., 1879, p. 
309) ; northernmost west of the Sierras: Baird, Shasta County (Townsend, Proce. 
U.S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, p. 209). Most northwestern records: Ukiah, Mendocino 
County (McGregor, Nidologist, mt, 1896, p. 129), and Covelo, Mendocino County 
(Mus. Vert. Zool.). Casual visitant to the Farallon Islands (Dawson, Condor, 
