lYKANNUS. 



213 



Tyrannus tyi-annus, Bendire, Life-B.ist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 236, pi. i. 

 figs. 14 & 15 (1895); Sharpe, KandA. iii. p. 148 (1901). 



The eggs of the King-bird are of a regular oval shape, and 

 exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. They are of a creamy- 

 •white colour, blotched and spotted with blackish brown and lavender- 

 grey, and occasionally with ochraceous brown. The markings are 

 larger and more numerous at the broad end than elsewhere. 

 Specimens measure from -9 to 1-05 in length, and from -65 to -75 

 in breadth. 



1. 



4. 

 10. 



6. 

 3. 



4. 



2. 

 3. 



North America. 



North America {Smiths. Inst.). 



North America (/. G. Bell: 



Tristram Coll.). 

 North America (-D. G. Elliot : 



Tristram Coll.). 

 North America (Bourgeau). 

 British Columbia, June {J. K. 



Lord). 

 British Columbia, June (/. K. L.). 

 British Columbia, June (/. K. L.). 

 British Columbia, June (J. K. L.). 

 Bed River, North America, 15th 



Jvme (G. M. Dawson). 

 St. Paul, Illinois, 6th June. 



Massachusetts (Henshaw Coll.). 

 New York (iJ. Beck: Smiths. 



Inst.). 

 Providence, Rhode Island, 2nd 



May. 

 Princeton, New Jersey, 3rd June 



( W. E. D. Scott). 

 Princeton, 9th June ( W. E. D.S.). 

 Princeton, 13th June ( W.E.D.S.). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Old Collection. 



N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 



N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 

 N. Amer. Bouiid. Comm. 

 N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 

 N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 



W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Princeton University, N.J. 



[E.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Princeton University [E.]. 



Princeton University [E.]. 

 Princeton University [E.]. 



Tyrannus verticalis, Say. 



Tyrannus verticalis. Lord, Proc. R. A. Inst., Woolwich, iv. p. 338 (1865) ; 

 Baird, Brewer ^- Ridgiu. N. Amer. Birds,n. p. 324 (1874) ; Scl. Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xiv. p. 269 (1888) ; Salv. ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., 

 Aves, ii. p. 100 (1889) ; Bendire, LifeSist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 

 p. 245, pi. i. figs. 16 & 17 (1896) ; Neh-k. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 143 

 (1899); Sharpe, Handel, iii. p. 148 (1901). 



The eggs of the Arkansas King -bird are not separable from those 

 of T. tyrannus. 



5. British Columbia, May(/. K. Lord). 

 4. Fort Laramie, Wyoming (D. G. 



Elliot: Tristram Coll.). 

 4 Honey Lake, California {Senshaw 



Coll.). 

 4. California, May. 



N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



