BiBDS OF Indiana. 



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102. Ge.nds TYRANNUS Cuvikk. 



=^172. (444). Tyrannus tyrannus (Linn.). 



Kingbird. 

 Synonyms, Bee-Bied, Bee Mabtin. 



Kingbird. 

 (Beal.— Farmer's Bulletin, 54, United States Department of Asritulture,!). 11.1 



Adult. — Above, blackish; top of head, black, crown with a con- 

 cealed patch of orange-red; wings, dusky, the greater coverts and 

 quills edged with white; rump and tail, black, all the tail feathers 

 tipped and the outer ones sometimes edged with white; below, white, 

 breast shaded with bluish-ash. Immature. — Lacking the orange-red 

 crown patch, sometimes with wings and tail edged with rufous. 



Length, 8.00-9.00; wing, 4.45-4.75; tail, 3.40-3.75. 



Eange. — America, from Bolivia north to Nova Scotia and Atha- 

 basca; west to Texas and Rocky Mountains, which it crosses northward 

 and extends to Pacific coast from California to British Columbia. 

 Breeds from Florida and Texas coast north. Winters from Florida 

 and Gulf coast southward. 



Nest, in exposed tree, usually 15 to 40 feet up, of sticks and weeds, 

 vegetable fibre, wood, string, hair and rootlets; lined with finer mate- 

 rial. Eggs, 3-4; white, creamy, or pinkish-white, spotted and blotched 

 with various shades of brown and purple; .9.5 by .73. 



