. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 314 NORTH AMEKK^VN BIRDS. iigain about tlio first of A]>nl. Tlie icsoundiiii;' strokes of their wings niul tiieir oft-repeated cries are lieanl just before llie dawn of dry. Tliey usually linve but throe egt^s. \ individual of Jfi/ni/ns, and su])i)osed to be one of this species, was seen by Mr. ('. , May (i, 18(11, but was not obtained, in the vicinity of Washington. Another bird of this species is mentioned by ^Ir. Alibott as lia\in,y- been taken near Trenton, N. J., A])
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 314 NORTH AMEKK^VN BIRDS. iigain about tlio first of A]>nl. Tlie icsoundiiii;' strokes of their wings niul tiieir oft-repeated cries are lieanl just before llie dawn of dry. Tliey usually linve but throe egt^s. \ individual of Jfi/ni/ns, and su])i)osed to be one of this species, was seen by Mr. ('. , May (i, 18(11, but was not obtained, in the vicinity of Washington. Another bird of this species is mentioned by ^Ir. Alibott as lia\in,y- been taken near Trenton, N. J., A])ril IH, 1872. It was a male bird in full lu'alth and feather. Its stomach was found to be full of small coleoptera, insects' egi^s, tlies, etc. Tiie engs of this s])ecies vary greatly in size, from .92 by .75 to .80 by .GO (;f an inch. They are in shajjc a rounded oval, and tapering at one end. The ground-color is white, marked with a few very large dark red spots, and occasionally of an obscure purple. TYRANNUS, (^ivter. Tjimnmis, CuviEii, Lei;oiis Anat. Comi). 1799, 1800 ^.\^.;;sIz). Gkx. Cn.\i!. Tail nearly even, or moderately forked; rather shorter than the wingr.«; the leathers broad, and widen- injr -somewhat at the ends. Wings lonfj and pointed ; the outer priniai'ies rather ahrnptly attenuated ni'ar the end, the attenuated portion not linear, however. Head with a con- cealed patch of red on the crown. The s]iecies of this genus are especially char- actyrized by their long, attemiated j)rimaries, their nu'derately forked or nearly even tail, and the concealed coh -d crest in T,m„n,„^ r„rn>i,„„s„. ^j^g crown. Their ailini- ties iire nearest to Milnilua, from which the tail, shortei' than the wings, instead of twice as long, or niftre, will always serve as a point of distinction. Th(^ attenuiilion of the ])rimary differs in being less abrupt, and not truly linear, sloping gradually, and not bounded behind by a notch. We are unable to appreciiite
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