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at York Factory in the summer of 1880, and I have learned since 

 that these remarkable birds were occasionally seen at the posts of 

 the Hudson Bay Company, all the way west to the valley of the 

 Mackenzie river." (E. T. Seton.) On July 9th, 1899, the writer 

 was out in the country about 26 miles north of Winnipeg, and being 

 out for a walk about 5.30 a.m., noticed a bird with an enormous 

 tail (about twelve inches long) sitting on a bare limb of a poplar 

 tree about 100 yards from me. On closer inspection I found it to 

 be opening and closing its tail. I am quite sure it was a scissor^ 

 tailed flycatcher. (L. Osborne Scott in Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. XIII, 

 p. 195.) This species was shot. May 21st, 1906, at Clarendon 

 station, N.B., by Mr. G. S. Lacey. {W. H. Moore.) The specimen 

 taken by Mr. C. W. Nash, in Manitoba, and referred to above is now 

 in the collection of Mr. J. H. Fleming, in Toronto, and Dr. Bell's 

 specimen is in the Geological Survey Museum. 



CLXXXIV. TYRANNUS. Cuvier. 1799 



444. Kingbird. 



Tyrannus tyrannus (Linn.) Jordan. 1884. 



Audubon (Vol. I., p. 207) found it breeding in Labrador. 

 {Packard.) A common summer resident in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) 

 Common summer resident in Nova Scotia, but rare at Halifax. 

 (Downs.) A common summer resident at Sydney, Cape Breton 

 island, N.B. (C. R. Harte.) Fairly abundant from the middle of 

 May to the middle of September in Nova Scotia. (H. F. Tufts.) Not 

 rare at Baddeck and Margaree, Cape Breton island, July, 1898; 

 breeding and rather common at Brackley point. Prince Edward 

 island, 1888. (Macoun.) Rather common on Prince Edward 

 island, 1892. (Dwight.) An abundant summer resident in New 

 Brunswick. (Chamberlain) Observed only at Point du Chene, 

 in New Brunswick. (Brewster.) Common summer resident at 

 Scotch Lake, York county, N.B. (W. H. Moore.) Seen only in 

 the neighbourhood of houses; very rare in the valley of the Resti- 

 gouche, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) 



Only one specimen seen on the Magdalen islands. (Bishop.) 

 Taken at Beauport; a common summer resident in Quebec. 

 (Dionne.) Quite common at Bevin lake and Hamilton's farm, 



