RECORDS VOLUME XII, FEB. 1920. 45 
this oecurred every day inspring and sum- 
mer, the depredations of the birds became 
quite a serious matter to the owner of the 
aplary. 
An examination of the stomachs of some 
of the birds secured showed that all the bees 
eaten had been swallowed head first, but 
they must have been almost instantly killed 
by the forcible closing of the powerful bill 
of the birds, which is large enough to com- 
pletely enclose a honey bee, thus, especially 
if caught head first, it would be prevented 
in anv case from using its sting. 
As the Gray Kingbird passes the summer 
not only in the Bahamas, but also regularly 
from the Florida Keys to at least middle 
South Carolina, it is not improbable that an 
occasional specimen might wander north of 
its usual habitat, even as far as Massachu- 
setts, as did the before mentioned Lynn ex- 
ample. They may sometimes come and be 
mistaken for our Kingbird. They can, how- 
ever, easily be distinguished by the some- 
