lOO CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [BuU. 



Latest record. New Haven, Sept. 29, 1882, Oct. 16, 1874 

 (Merriam) ;^ Portland, Oct. 2, 1905. 



Unusual record. March i, 1902, Saybrook, a female beat 

 itself against the panes in a window in the house of J. N. C, 

 trying to reach some flowers inside. 



Nest. Usually made of lichens or material closely resembling 

 the bark of the tree on which it is located; as a rule from 9 to 

 12 feet from the ground, in orchard or garden, in the woods or 

 in the shade trees of the city streets. 



Eggs. 2 (invariably) ; early in June. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 13, 1891, two eggs 

 (H. W. B.). Latest record. Aug. 4, 1881, two eggs (Smith) ;" 

 Aug. 14, 1910, two eggs (C. G. H.). 



Order PASSERES. Perching Birds. 



Suborder CLAMATORES. Songless Perching Birds. 



Family TYRANNIDtE. Tyrant Flycatchers. 



Muscivcra forficata (Gmelin). Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. 



The only record of this species is a specimen shot, April 27, 



1876, at Wauregan, by Mr. Carpenter. " The bird first attracted 



Mr. Carpenter's attention by its opening and closing the tail 



while flying about a small sheet of water in quest of insects."* 



Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus). Kingbird. 



A common summer resident, arriving during the first two 

 weeks in May, and going south in August. 



Earliest record. New Haven, May i, 1896, April 13, 1877 

 (Dayan) ;* Portland, April 28, 1881. Thirty-five out of thirty- 

 nine years' records for Portland were between May i and May 

 i4(J.H. S.). 



Latest record. New Haven, Sept. 15, 1902; Portland, Sept. 

 10, 1887. 



Nest. Usually on the topmost branch of an apple tree at 

 from 12 to 25 feet from the ground. 



Eggs. 2-6, usually 2 or 3 ; early in June. 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 62. 

 'O. and O., vi, 7, p. 53. 



^Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, ii, i, p. 21; recorded also by Merriam, Birds of 

 Conn., p. so. 



* Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 49. 



