ORDER PASSERES. l8l 



[B I2S, C 243, R 303, C 369.J 



Geog. Dist. — South Atlantic States (South Carolina, Georgia, 

 Florida), West Indies, Atlantic coast of Central America, and northern 

 South America. Accidental in Massachusetts. 



446. Tyrannus melancholicus couchii (Baird). 



Couch's Kingbird. 



Tyrannus couchii 'Baikd, B. N. Am. 1858, 175. 

 Tyrannus melancholicus var. couchii Coues, Check- list, ed. i, 

 Dec. 1873,51. 



[B 128, 129, C 246, R 305, C 372.] 



Geog. Dist. — Southern border of the United States (Texas), 

 south to Guatemala. 



447. Tyrannus verticalis Say. 



Arkansas Kingbird. 



Tyrannus verticalis Say, Long's Exp. II. 1823, 60. 



[B 126, C 244, R 306, C 370.] 



Geog. Dist. — Western United States, from the Plains to the 

 Pacific, and from British Columbia south through Lower California 

 and western Mexico to Guatemala. Accidental in Maryland, New 

 Jersey, New York, and Maine. 



448. Tyrannus vociferans Swains. 



Cassin's Kingbird. 



Tyrannus vociferans Swains. Quart. Jour. Sci. XX. 1826, 273. 



[B 127, C 245, R307, C 371.J 



Geog. Dist. — Western United States from southern Wyoming, 

 eastern Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, western Texas and southern 

 California, south to Guatemala. 



Genus PITANGUS Swainson. 



Pitangus Swainson, Zool. Journ. III. July, 1827, 165. Type, 

 Tyrannus sulphuratus Vieill. 



