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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
7.00-10.00. Adult female: Similar to the male, but rather smaller, the tail 
shorter, axillars less intensely red, the flanks, ete., paler salmon-color, and 
crown-spot indistinct. Young: Similar to adult female, but crown-spot 
wanting. West of sticks, etc., lined with feathers and other soft materials, 
built in trees. Eggs 3-5, .89 x .67, pure white, or creamy white, boldly 
but sparingly spotted with rich madder-brown and lilac-gray. Hab. 
Eastern Mexico and southwestern prairie districts of United States, north 
to Indian Territory, southern Kansas, and southwestern Missouri; acci- 
dental at Key West, Florida, at Norfolk, Virginia, New Jersey, New Eng- 
land, Manitoba, and even at York Factory, Hudson’s Bay Territory; south 
to Costa Rica.......... 443. M. forficatus (GmeEL.). Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. 
Genus TYRANNUS Covisr. (Page 326, pl. XCII, fig. 1.) 
Species. 
Common Cuaracters.—Uniform grayish or blackish above, the middle of the 
crown with a concealed patch of yellow, orange, or orange-red (except in young); 
lower parts white, shaded with grayish on sides of chest, or else ashy anteriorly and 
pale yellow posteriorly. Nest bulky, built in trees. Hggs handsomely spotted with 
various shades of brown on a white or cream-colored ground. 
a. Lower parts white. 
o. Tail slightly rounded, deep black, with abrupt white tip; upper half 
of head deep black; bill small, its length from nostril to tip less than 
length of tarsus. 
Adult: Middle of crown with a concealed patch of orange-red ; wing- 
coverts edged or bordered with pure white or grayish white. 
Young: No colored patch on crown; wing-coverts and upper tail- 
coverts bordered with pale rusty or fulvous, white tail-band and 
chest tinged with same, and colors duller generally. Length 8.00- 
9.00, wing 4.45-4.75, tail 3.40-3.75, bill from nostril .50-.57. West 
of sticks, rootlets, etc., lined with wool, feathers, etc., built upon 
trees. Eggs 3-5, .95 x .72, white spotted with rich madder-brown, 
or chestnut, and lilac-gray. Hab. Temperate North America 
(chiefly east of Rocky Mountains and rare on Pacific coast); south, 
in winter, to Middle America and western South America to Bo- 
livia; Cuba; Bahamaas........ 444, T. tyrannus (Linn.). Kingbird. 
b’. Tail decidedly emarginate, without abrupt white tip; bill very large, its 
length from nostril to tip exceeding length of tarsus. 
c'. Above grayish brown, the head brownish dusky or dark brown; crown- 
patch orange-red; wing 5.20-5.30, tail 4.00-4.25, bill from nostril 
1.00-1.05. Hab. Cuba and Bahamas. 
T. magnirostris D’OrB. Great-billed Kingbird. 
ce. Above, including top of head, plumbeous-gray. Adult: A concealed 
1 Tyrannus magnirostris D’OrB., La Sagra’s Cuba, Ois. 1839, pl. 13. 
