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690.— Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. 1872, 179 (Kansas, etc.).— Aiken, Pr. Boston Soc. 



1872, 205.— SCL. & Salv., Nohl Neotr. 1873, 53.— Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 3 



(abundant in E. Kansas !).— 13. 15. & R., Hist, N. Am. B. II, 1874, 324, pi. 43, 



fig. 2.— Jouy, Field and Forest, April, 1877, 178 (District Columbia ; 1 spec.).— 



Ridgw., ib. June, 1877, 208 (Colorado). 

 Muscicapa verticalis, Bonap., Am. Orn. I, 1825, 18, pi. 2, fig. 2 ; Synop. 1828, 07 — 



ISutt., Man. I, 1832, 273.— Aud., Orn. Biog. IV, 1838, 422, pi. 359; Synop. 



1839, 39 ; B. Am. I, 1840, 199, pi. 54. 

 Laplnjctes verticalis, Caban. &, Heine, Mus. Hein. II, 1859, 77, footnote. 



Sp. Ch.— Wing, 4.75-5.25; tail, 3.05-4.00; bill, from nostril, .50-.55, 

 depth at base .25-.2S, width .35-.3S; tarsus, .G8-.77; middle toe .55-.5S. 

 Adult: Head, neck, and back bluish ash-gray, paler beneath, the chin and 

 upper part of the throat being nearly white ; lores and aurieulars darker; 

 back and breast tinged with olive-green, lighter beneath. Wings dusky, 

 the feathers edged with slate-gray, these edgings broader and lighter on 

 the secondaries. Upper tail-coverts and tail deep black, the outer webs 

 of the lateral pair of rectrices yellowish white, in sharp contrast. Lower 

 parts, posterior to the breast, deep sulphur-yellow, paler on the crissum; 

 the lining of the wing strongly tinged with olive-gray. Crown with a 

 concealed patch of bright orange-red or vermilion. Young: Head above 

 and back light brownish-gray, the latter strongly tinged with olive-green; 

 superciliary region paler than the crown, in quite marked contrast with 

 the dusky -gray aurieulars and lores. Chin, throat, and malar region 

 white, gradually passing into pale brownish gray on the jugulum, the 

 breast similar, but tinged with pale olivaceous ; remaining lower parts 

 pale creamy sulphur-yellow. Tail as in the adult ; wings dusky, as in 

 the adult, but the leathers widely edged with pale yellowish gray. No 

 colored patch on the crown. 



Hab. — The Western Province of North America, straggling occa- 

 sionally entirely across the Eastern Province ; Western Mexico, south to 

 Isthmus of Tehuan tepee* and Colima.f 



11. — TYBA N X US VOCIFERANS. 



Tyrannus vociferous, Swains.. Quart. Jour. XX, 1820, 273 (Mexico) ; Philos. Mag. 1, 1827, 

 368.— Baiud, B, N. Am. L w 58, 174 ; Mex. Bound. Surv. II, 1859, pt, ii, 8, pi. 

 10 ; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, No. 127.— Scl., P. Z. S. 1859, 383 (Oaxaea; Feb.) ; Ibis, 

 18:9, 439 (Oaxaea ; Guatemala) ; Cat til. 1862, 235, No. 1446 (Los Nogales, Sone- 

 ra) ; P. Z. S. 1884, 17v> (City of Mexico).— Scl. & Salv., Ibis, 1859, 120 (Vera Paz, 

 Guatemala) ; Norn. Neotr. 1873, 53 (Mexico and Guatemala). — COUES, Pr. Philad. 

 Ac. 1866, 59 (Arizona) ; Key, 1872, 170 ; Check List, 1873, No. 245 ; B. N. W. 

 1874, 238.— COOPEB, Orn. Cal. I, 1870, 314 (Southern Cal. ; breeding north to 

 Sta. Cruz ; wintering north to Los Angeles). — Aikkx, Pr. Boston Soc. 1872, 205 

 (S. E. AVyomiug).— Mi:i!UiAM, Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr. 1872, 690.— Sumiciir., 

 Mem. Boston Soc. I, 1809, 557 (Vera Cruz). — B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B. II, 

 1874, 327, pi. 43, fig. 5.— Ridgw., Bull. Essex Inst. Nov. 1873, 184 (Colorado); 



*58,850, 9 .ad., Japana, Tehuautepec, April 29, 1869; F. Sumichrast. 

 1 35,034, S ad., Plains of Colima, October, 1833; J. Xantus. 



