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SYSTEJIATIC SYXOPSIS. — PASSEEES— CLAJIATOEES. 



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368. 



smaller than (J, with the tail coimuouly less developed. Young: Similar; primaiy not 

 abruptly emargiuate ; taU uudeveloped ; no crowu-spot, and little or uo red. Lower Missis- 

 sippi valley and Texas ; usually N. to Indian Teni- 

 tory and Kansas, even S. W. Missouri ; aceideutal in 

 Xew Jersey and Xew England I A most elegant, \'*^ 



graceful, aud showy bird, abundant in Texas, eon- J !,^'- 



spieuous by the display it makes in opening ami clos- p. ^^k^^^e^ —= \ ~_ 



iua" the tad. like scissor-blades : very active, dashing W ^S^^^^^ ^"i^^ 



and noisy, like a king-bird, — all the large flycatchers — ^ ^^^^^^slk^ ^ '- 



sharing this same impetuous, irritable disposition. ^^^ ^S^^CT^-^ ~^ 



Nesting like the king-bird's ; eggs i-5, white, boldly ^^^ N^ 



hlotched with reddish on the surface, and lilac shell- ^='\ , , .^,^ 



spots; laid in May. ''^x *"^iiBwlSK^*3' '^ \^ 



TYR-VXAUS. (Lat. iijmnnm, a tyrant.) Kixo Fly- ^^>i ^ ' "^^ i^V? tx> , . , 



cATCKEiiS. Tail moderate in size and shape, rather <^ ' ^Mt ^ ^ ^^ 



sl.orter than wing, even or little rounded, emargiuate J^' 1 [fs. w^'^^A '**'^ 



or lightly forked. Wings long, poiuted by the ;?d-3d 'tW |J ' ' ^ 



quills, 1st aud ith little if auy shorter, jtli aud rest ^ft^V ^'^ 1 s:^ 'W'f^^ - 



rapidly graduated. Several outer primaries abruptly ji^») 'l "^^^ ■^'^'~'m\~V-^ 



emargiuate or siuuate-narri'wed on inner webs towards ^W'.{J( \^s= ■ '^A «^ ~ 

 pud. Bill stout, riattish, fully bristled, uotched, aud I* U\ -^ §yff 



hooked (tia-. -ir^). Feet small and weak, the tai"sus tF jl- " ■ \ m 



with Scales obviously lapping around. Size large: i '/ ? t ^ 



leiis'th S iuchi'S or more; wing over 4. Sexes alike; ' |, ,' 



9 sharing the tJauiiui,' crown-]iatch ; primaries less or lit 



not emaruiuate .' Youm;- lacking the crowu-spi^t aud 

 attenuation of priuuiries. Xest bulky, on a bough, 

 compactly woven aud felted. Eggs white, boldly Fig. iSS — Swallow-taileil Flycatcher. 



marked with oval or tear-shaped spots of reddish- iSheppard del. Xioliols so.) 

 ln'owu. Contains numerous species, 5 of X. Am., which have lieeu divided into several named 

 subyeuera, but are closely interrelated through various exotic species. They are the " king- 

 birds" proper. 



Anah/sls of Species. 

 No olive nor decided yellow; blackish ami -whitish. 



Only two primaries obviously emargiuate. Tail about even, conspicuously white-tipped. Bill small, 



under 1.00. {Ti/munuti'^ earoUiunsL^ oOS 



Five or six jirimaries eniarginate. Tail emargiuate, merely lighter at end. Bill big. 1.00 long. ( .lu !it- 



tarcJtiis) tlomink-eiisiii 309 



Olivaceous, with pure yellow on belly, ashy on head. Bill moderate. i^Laj>Jn/cU!<.'> 

 Tail blackish, merely emarginate; wings dark brown. 



Several outer primaries gi'adually attenuate for a long distance. Outer "web of outer tail-feather 



white rtrtli-alls 370 



Several outer primaries abruptly emarginate for a short distance. Outer web of outer tail-feather 



merely whitish-edged rocijlrans 371 



Tail dark brown, like the wings, obviously forked 



Several outer primaries abruptly emargiuate for a short distance ooi(("7/i 372 



T. carolinensis. (Of Caroliiui. Fig. :?S3.') Kixa-BIKI). Bee-MAKTIX. (J 9 , adult: 

 Xo olive nor decided yellow. Only tMo outer priuuiries obviously emarginate (tig. '279, h). 

 Tail nearly even — if anything a little ronmled. Blackish-ash, stiU darker or quite black on 

 liead, eroM-n with a Haming spot. Below, pure white, the breast shaded with plumbeous. 

 Wings dusky, with much whitish edging. Tail black, broadly aud sharply tipped with 

 white, the outer feather sometimes edged with the same. Bill and feet black. Young ; 

 Lacking emargination of the primaries, and no crown-spot ; very young liirds show rufous 



