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Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus) 

 Kmgbird 



Plate 67 



L a n i u s tyrannus Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. Ed. 10. 1 758. 

 Tyrannus i n t r e p i d u s DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2 

 Tyrannus tyrannus A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 3. 1910. 



tyrannus, Lat., a tyrant 



Description. Upper parts grayish slate color; the wing feathers 



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2, p. 117, fig. 72 

 p. 208. No. 444 



Young kingbirds 



Photo by James H. Miller 



blackish; tail black, tipped with white; under parts ivhite, a grayish tinge on 

 the sides of breast; top of the head blackish concealing a brilliant orange 

 patch which flashes into view when the bird is excited; bill blackish. 



Length 8.40-8.75 inches; extent 14-15; wing 4.65; tail 3.56; bill .60. 



The slaty upper parts of this bird, his white throat and under parts, 

 blackish tail with sharp white tip, combined with his ordinary quivering 

 and soaring flight low over the fields, with tail spread, make him one of 

 the easiest of our common birds for the amateur to recognize. 



