414 FLYCATCHERS. 
payup, and sometimes a slender twittering, as they took the 
perch, were heard almost from morn to night, and resembled 
at first the chirp of a young Robin. They fed on the cater- 
pillars or vermin of some kind which happened to infest the 
apple-trees. I was told that they utter a different and more 
musical note about sunrise ; but of this I cannot speak from my 
own knowledge. They are unknown in the vicinity of the 
sea-coast of Massachusetts. According to Audubon, they are 
found on the upper Missouri during summer. Many also 
pass the winter in the warmer parts of Florida. They also 
breed in Texas. 
This species is common in the Eastern States north to Connec- 
ticut and northern Ohio and in southern Ontario. It is rare in 
Massachusetts, but examples have been observed in Maine and 
New Brunswick. 
Those who know the bird best say it has the courage of the 
Kingbird, and a knack of quarrelling that is all its own. 
GRAY KINGBIRD. 
TYRANNUS DOMINICENSIS. 
Cuar. Very similar to the Kingbird, but of paler color; the upper 
parts, including the head, being ashy gray. Its size is somewhat larger, — 
about an inch in length. 
West. Ina tree ; composed of twigs, lined with roots or moss. 
£ggs. 3-4; white, tinged with pale buff or salmon pink and spotted 
with brown and purple; 1.00 X 0.75. 
This fine tropical species was discovered by Audubon on 
the Florida Keys, where it arrives about the first of April, and 
spreads over the peninsula as far as Cape Florida. It is com- 
mon in Cuba and several other of the West India islands. 
Stragglers, however, appear to wander at times as far to the 
north as South Carolina; a pair and their nest having been 
found in a college yard, where they continued to return for 
several years in succession, rearing two broods in a season, 
Its whole demeanor so much resembles that of the common 
