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U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
8505 
3 
5238 
3 
5237 
4692 
""q 
4695 
3 
4512 
5235 
9 
5236 
9 
523y 
7504 
9 
8798 
3 
do 
Philadelphia, Pa 
Key Biscayne, Fla 
St. Louis, Mo 
Independence, Mo 
East of Fort Riley, K T. 
.... do do.... 
Shawnee reserve, K. T. 
Republican river, K. T. 
Independence Cr., 130 
miles west of Ft. Riley. 
Fremont, on Platte 
Farm Island, Mo river 
do do.... 
Upper Missouri 
Cedar island, Mo. river. 
40 miles above Ft. Pierre 
do . do 
Blaekfoot country 
Mdk river, Neb 
Fott Laramie 
Near 32° L west, Texas. 
Indianola, Texas 
May 30, 1856 
do 
May 12, 1856 
Wlienee obtained. 
C. Drexler 
G. Wurdeinann . 
Lieut. Bryan 
Wm M. Magraw 
Lieut. Bryan .., 
do 
Win. M. Magraw 
.do 
do 
do 
Col. Vaugban 
Lieut. Warren. .. 
do 
Dr. Hayden .... 
Gov. Sicvens .... 
Wm. M. Magraw. 
Dr. Cooper 
Gov. Stevens... 
W. S Wood . 
Dr. Cooper. .. 
W. S. Wood 
do 
Dr. Cooper 
D.W. A. Hammond 
.do 
Dr. Hayden . 
Dr. Suckley. 
Dr. Cooper . 
Slreteb 
ol'wmg- 
14.50 
14.50 
14.50 
14.00 
14.75 
14.75 
14.50 
14.25 
14.50 
14.00 
Iris brown, bill and 
feet grayish black. 
ris brown, bill and 
feet black. 
4.87 
4.78 
4.75 
4.50 Eye black 
4.50 
4.50 j Iris brown, bill and 
j feet grayish black. 
TYRANNUS DOMINICENSIS, Rich. 
Gray King-bird. 
Tyrannus dominicensis, Brisson, Ois. II, 1760, 394 ; pi. 38, fig. 2.— Rich. List, 1837. 
Lanius tyrannus, var 0 dominicensis, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1, 1788, 302. 
Muscicopa dominhe7isis, Audubon, Orn. B'wg. II, 1834, 392; pi. 46.— Ib. Birds Amer. I, 1840, 201 ; pi. 55. 
jMeliltarclius dominicensis, Cabanis, Journal f'urOrnith. Ill, Nov. 1855 478. 
Tyrannus griseus, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 76 ; pi. xlvi. — Swainson, Mon Shrikes Quart. Jour. XX, 
1826, 276.— Br. Consp. 1850, 192. (Bonaparte makes two species.) 
Sp. Ch. — Bill very large, and short. Tail conspicuously forked. Wings long ; the first six quills attenuated abruptly, much 
longer than the seventh. Tertials much developed, nearly intermediate in length between the longest primaries and the shortest 
secondary. Above, and on the sides of the head and neck, ash gray, shaded in places with brown, which forms the middle 
portion of each feather. Downy portion at the base of each feaiher above light ash, then light brown, tipped and edged with 
darker ash gra? . The mottled appearance is caused by the brown showing from under the feathers ; the ear coverts darker. A 
concealed colored patch on the crown, formed by the base of the feathers, white before and behind, orange in the middle. 
Lower parts grayish white, tinged with ash across the breast, deepest anteriorly. Sides of the breast similar to, but lighter than, 
the back. Under wing coverts and axillars pale sulphur yellow. The wings brown, darker to the tips; the secondaries nar- 
rowly, the tertials more broadly edged with dull white. Edges of the coverts paler. Alula dark brown. Tail similar in color 
to the quills. Upper tail coverts brown. Bill and feet black. Length, eight inches ; wing, 4.65 ; tail, 4 ; tarsus .76. 
Hab. — South Carolina coast, accidental ; Florida Keys and West Indies. 
This species, though ahout the same size as the T. carolinensis, is much more powerfully built, 
