No. 3.] 



SENNETT ON THE OKNITHOLOGY OF TEXAS. 



401 



TYRANKID^. 



C8. MiLVtTLUS FORPicATUS (Gm.) Bw.—Swallow -tailed FhjcatcJier. 



Not abundaut in the lieavily wooded districts, but a few breed in the 

 openings and about the cnltivated tracts. Their movements are m uch like 

 those of our Kingbirds ; they are very beautiful in flight, the scarlet sal- 

 mon under their wings and their long graceful tails adding much to their 

 beauty. I found nests of this species in all positions, from ten to fifty 

 feet high, and resembling in structure those of our familiar Kingbird, 

 T. caroUnensis ; but, in addition to the rootlets for lining, they usually 

 have in the bottom some tufts of goats' wool. They arrive in Texas the 

 last of March or 1st of April, and begin to lay in May. On May 27 I 

 found a nest with young several days hatched out. 



69. Tykannus vekticalis '^^^.^ Arkansas Flycatclier. 



Observed first May 7, at Lomita. One was shot at San Jos6 Lake in 

 a retama-tree near the water. One or two more were obtained from the 

 same locality, i^ot abundant. 



70. Tyeannus melancholicus couchi (Bd.) Cones. — CoucWs Fly- 

 catcher. 



I obtained April 30 three specimens of this bird, in the same grove, 

 at Lomita Eanch, where I obtained a single specimen the previous 

 year. A few were afterwards observed at that point. On May 27, while 

 on our way down the river, and near Santa Maria, I shot a female, which 

 had been attracted to our vicinity by the cries of a pair of Scissor-tailed 

 Flycatchers, who were alarmed at our examination of their nest, which 

 contained young. It is very likely her nest was near. I obtained 

 neither nest nor eggs of this species. 



Lomita 



....do 



....do 



Santa Maria 



April 30 

 April 30 

 April 30 

 May 27 



10. 00 

 9. 50 



10. 00 

 9.00 



16. 25 



15. 75 



16. 25 

 16.00 



5.00 

 4. 75 

 5.12 

 4.00 



4.25 

 4.00 

 4.25 

 3.75 



71. Mv^iARCHUS CRINITUS (L.) Cab. — Great-crested Flycatclier. 



Found in numbers during April, after which time it leaves the Eio 

 Grande. On May 3 I obtained my last specimen. 



