. The birds of New Jersey . worms, insects, larvae, smallCrustacea and they are frequently seen running over re-cently ploughed ground looking for insects. Kingbird^ Tyirant Flycatcher^ or Bee wllftrtin,—Length, eight inches; extent, fourteen inches; above,dark slate, blackish on the head; wings and tail, black,the former edged and the latter tipped with white; bodybelow, pure white, tinged across the breast with gray; theplumage on the crown, although not forming a crest, isfrequently erected, and discovers a rich bed of brilliantorange or flame color; when the feathers lie close this isaltog
. The birds of New Jersey . worms, insects, larvae, smallCrustacea and they are frequently seen running over re-cently ploughed ground looking for insects. Kingbird^ Tyirant Flycatcher^ or Bee wllftrtin,—Length, eight inches; extent, fourteen inches; above,dark slate, blackish on the head; wings and tail, black,the former edged and the latter tipped with white; bodybelow, pure white, tinged across the breast with gray; theplumage on the crown, although not forming a crest, isfrequently erected, and discovers a rich bed of brilliantorange or flame color; when the feathers lie close this isaltogether concealed; the bill is half an inch in length,very broad at the base, of a glossy black color and furnish-ed with bristles at the base; the legs and feet are black,seamed with gray. The female differs in being morebrownish on the upper parts, has a smaller streak of palerorange on the crown and a narrower border of dullerwhite on the tail. The young birds do not receive theorange on the head during the first KINGBIRD. THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 91 The nest is built about the first of May on the extremeend of a l)ranch, in thin woods or orchards, some twentyfeet from the ground. It is a bulky contrivance, madeof weed stalks and grasses and lined within with plantdown. The eggs are from three to five in number, white,spotted with amber, almost round, and one by three-fourths of an inch in size. The birds spread themselves from the south over theeastern United States, arriving here about the first ofMay and leaving about the first of September. Largeflocks are frequently seen in southern New Jersey inAugust. Their cry is a shrill twitter, somewhat resembling k-y-rie, several times repeated. For a long time the food of this bird was a matter ofdispute and it was supposed that it fed to a great extenton bees. Government examination of 218 stomachsshowed that ninety per cent, contained insects and inonly fourteen were there found any traces of bees and inthe majority o
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