. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary . i. 53; Bd., 169. . foreicatus. 105. Genus TYRANNUS Cuvier. *JK*Adults with the tail not forficate, shorter than the lengthened wings, of whichseveral outer primaries are emarginate or gradually attenuate, and crown with ajellow or Hame-colored patch. Young with thecrown plain and primaries not emarginate. in color ; primaries said to be less emarginatein the ?. * No olive nor decided yellow. Kinr
. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary . i. 53; Bd., 169. . foreicatus. 105. Genus TYRANNUS Cuvier. *JK*Adults with the tail not forficate, shorter than the lengthened wings, of whichseveral outer primaries are emarginate or gradually attenuate, and crown with ajellow or Hame-colored patch. Young with thecrown plain and primaries not emarginate. in color ; primaries said to be less emarginatein the ?. * No olive nor decided yellow. Kinrjhird. Bee-martin. (Plate ii, figs. 1,2, la, 2a.) Only two outer primaries obviouslyemarginate (fig. llOi). Blackish-ash, still darkeron head, below pure white, the breast shaded withplumbeous; wings dusky, with much whitishedging; tail black, broadly and sharply tippedwith white, the outer feather sometimes edged ^^- • Ki-s!- Bee-marti,..with the same ; bill and feet black ; very young birds show rufous edging ofthe wings and tail. Length about 8 inches; wing 4^; tail 3J, even orslightly rounded ; bill small, under an inch long. Temperate North America, KEY TO N. A. DIltDS. 22. 170 TYRANNIDiE, FLYCATCHERS. GEN. 105, 106. but chiefly Eastern United States to Rocky Mountains; rare or casual onthe Pacific slope ; abundant in summer. Destroys a thousand noxious insectsfor every bee it eats ! WiLS., i, 66, pi. 13 ; Aud., i, 204, pi. 56 ; Nutt., i, 265; Bd.,171; Coop., 311 cakolinensis. Gray Kingbird. Five or six outer primaries usually emarginate. Grayish-plumbeous, rather darker on the head, the auriculars dusk}; below white,shaded with ashy on breast and sides, the under wing and tail coverts faintlyyellowish; wings and tail dusky, edged with whitish or yellowish; the tailfeathers merely indistinctl}- lighter at the extreme tip. Larger than the last;about 9 ; wing 5J ; tail nearl} 5, more or less emarginate ; bill very turgid,an inch long. West Indies ; Florida regularly ; N. t
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