KING-BIRD, or TYRANT FLYCATCHER, 
(Muscicapa tyf annus, Briss. Bonap. Audubon, pi. 79. Lanius 
tyrannus, Wilson, ii. p. 67.pl. 13. fig. 1 . Phil. Museum, No. 578.) 
Sp. Charact. — Blackish, beneath nearly white; tail even, extend- 
ing far beyond the wings, black, tipped with white. — Adult with 
a scarlet spot on the crown. 
This well known, remarkable, and pugnacious bird 
takes up his summer residence in all the intermediate 
region, from the temperate parts of Mexico to the unin- 
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