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445. Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmel.). [303.] Gray Kingbird. 
The Gray Kingbird is a tropical species, a few coming north regularly : 
to the Gulf States to breed. 
446. Tyrannus melancholicus couchii (Baird). [305.] Couch’s Kingbird. 
A tropical American species, coming north to southern Texas. Its 
nest and eggs have been taken at Lomita Ranch, on the Lower Rio 
Grande (Sennett). 
447. Tyrannus verticalis Say. [306.] Arkansas Flycatcher ; Western Kingbird. 
A western species occurring in the western row of States in our dis- 
trict. It was ascertained to breed in western Minnesota by Thomas 8S. 
Roberts and Franklin Benner, who found two of its nests in the Trav- 
erse Lake region in June, 1879 (Bull, Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. V, 1880, 
pp. 15-16). It is common in middle and western Kansas (Goss); has 
been taken in Texas, in Kansas as far east as Fort Hays, and in both 
southwestern and southeastern Nebraska; is a rare summer resident in 
southeastern Dakota; abundant in central Dakota, and has occurred 
accidentally in Iowa, the District of Columbia, Maine, New Jersey, and 
New York. In 1884 few notes were contributed relating to its move- 
ments during the spring migration. It was seen at San Angelo, Tex., 
and Vermillion, Dak., during the first week in May, and at Ellis, Kans., 
May 22. 
In the spring of 1885 the first Arkansas Flycatcher was seen at San 
Angelo, Tex., May 6, the next May 8, and the last May 18. 
448. Tyrannus vociferans Swains. [307.] Cassin’s Kingbird. 
A southwestern species, recorded from western Texas. 
449. Pitangus derbianus (Kaup). [308.] Mexican Pitangus ; Derby Flycatcher. 
An inhabitant of tropical America, coming north to the Lower Rio 
Grande Valley, in Texas, where it was found by Mr. Sennett, who pro- 
cured several specimens near Lomita ranch, above Hidalgo. 
450. Myiozetetes texensis (Giraud). [809.] Giraud’s Flycatcher. 
An inhabitant of tropical America, coming north to Texas (Giraud). 
Giraud’s type is in the U. S. National Museum. 
452. Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.). [812]. Great-erested Fi lycatcher. 
A common summer resident of the Mississippi Valley; rare as far 
north as Manitoba. Winters extralimitally, entering our district in 
April. In the spring of 1884 it was recorded at Gainesville, Tex., 
April 13; Manhattan, Kans., April 26, and Burlington, Iowa, April 27. 
About the same time it was observed. at Pierce City, Mount Carmel, 
and Saint Louis, in Missouri. The three stations near the thirty-ninth 
parallel reported the arrival of the bulk about May 1. By May 3 the 
van had advanced to central Iowa (latitude 41° 36’ and 41° 38’), while 
on the 10th, at West Depere, Wis., Mr. S. W. Willard shot the first he 
had ever seen in that neighborhood. The species seldom goes farther 
