TYRANNUS VERTICALIS : ARKANSAS FLYCATCHER. 1 3 



remain the only authentic instances of the occurrence 

 of the species so far beyond its usual range. 



ARKANSAS FLYCATCHER. 



Tyrannus VERTICALIS Say. 



Chars. Several outer primaries gradually attenuate for a long dis- 

 tance. Coloration olivaceous and yellow. Belly and under tail- 

 coverts clear yellow, the back ashy-olive, changing to clear ash 

 on the head, throat, and breast, the chin whitening ; lores and 

 auriculars dusky ; wings dark brown with whitish edging ; tail 

 blackish, the outer web of the outer feather white. Bill and feet 

 black. Length, 8.00-9.00 ; extent, 16.50; wing, nearly 5.00 ; tail, 

 about 4.00 ; bill, 0.65-0.75. 



Another straggler to New England, this time from 

 the West instead of the South, the Arkansas Flycatcher 

 being chiefly a trans-Mississippian bird, extremely abun- 

 dant in its proper habitat. It has occurred in New Eng- 

 land in only one known instance. The late Dr. Henry 

 Bryant recorded a specimen said to have been taken at 

 Plympton, Maine (Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., x, 1865, p. 

 96). There being no such place, Dr. Brewer presumed 

 Pembroke, Maine, was meant, and so amended the 

 record (Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvii, 1875, p. 443). Mr. 

 Purdie later gave the correct reference, the specimen 

 having been taken at Elliot, Maine, by Mr. George E. 

 Brown (Bull. Nutt. Club, i, 1876, p. 73). 



Dr. W. P. Turnbull has instanced the occurrence of 

 the Arkansas Flycatcher at Moorestown, New Jersey 

 (B. E. Pa., 1869, p. 41). Mr. E. P. Bicknell notes the 

 capture of a specimen in Riverdale, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1875 

 (Bull. Nutt. Club, iv, 1 879, p. 60). A fourth instance 



