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U. S. p. K, E. EXP. AND StTRVETS — ZOOLOGY — GENEBAL EEPOET. 



List of specimens: 



TYRANNUS DOMINIOENSIS, R i c li . 



Grar King-bird. 



Tyrannus dominketms, Brisson, Ois. II, 1760, 394 ; pi. 38, fig. 2.— Rich. List, 1837. 



tanius tyrannus, var. Pldotninicenm, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 302. 



J\Iuscicaptt dominicensis, Auddbon, Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 392 ; pi. 46.— Ib. Birds Amer. I, 1840, 201 ; pi. 55, 



Melitlarchus dominieensU, Cabanis, Journal furOmith. Ill, Nov. 1855, 478. 



Tyrannus gnseus, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 76 j pi. xlvi.— Swainson, Men Shrikes Quart. Jour. XX, 

 1826, 276.— Bp. Consp. 1850, 192. (Bonaparte makes two species.) 

 Sp. Ch.— Bill very large and short. Tail conspicuously forhed. Wings long ; the first six quills attenuated abruptly, much 

 longer than the seventh. Tertialsmuch developed, nearly intermediate in length between the longest primaries and the shortest 

 secondary. Above, and on the sides of the head and neck, ash gray, shaded in places, with brown, which forms the middle 

 portion of each feather. Downy portion at the base of each feather above light ash, then light brown, tipped and edged with 

 darker ash gray. The mottled appearance is caused by the brown showing from under the feathers ; the ear coverts darker; A 

 concealed colored patch on the crown, formed by the base of the feathers, white before and behind, orange in the middle. 

 Lower parts grayish white, tinged with ash across the breast, deepest anteriojly. Sides of the breast similar to, but lighter than, 

 the back. Under wing coverts and axillars pale sulphur yellow. The wings brown, darker to the tips ; the secondaries nar- 

 rowly, the tertials more broadly edged with dull white. Edges of the coverts paler. Alula dark brown. Tail similar in color 

 to the quills. Upper tail coverts brown. Bill and feet black. Length, eight inches ; wing, 4.65 ; tail, 4 ; tarsus .76. 

 Hah. — South Carolina coast, accidental ; Florida Keys and West Indies. 



This species, though about the same size as the T. cardinensis, is much more powerfully built 



