. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. XVIII. FLYCATCHERS 161 Length, 8\ ; wing, 4f (4i-4§) ; tail, 3-J-; tarsus, f; culmen, f. North America, north to New Brunswick and Manitoba ; breeding from the Gulf northward, and wintering in Mexico and northern South America. Rare west of the Rocky Mountains. 3. Gray Kingbird (445. Tyrannies dominicensis). — An ashy- gray-backed kingbird, with white or whitish under parts; the tail is blackish, slightly notched, and without the white termi- nal band
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. XVIII. FLYCATCHERS 161 Length, 8\ ; wing, 4f (4i-4§) ; tail, 3-J-; tarsus, f; culmen, f. North America, north to New Brunswick and Manitoba ; breeding from the Gulf northward, and wintering in Mexico and northern South America. Rare west of the Rocky Mountains. 3. Gray Kingbird (445. Tyrannies dominicensis). — An ashy- gray-backed kingbird, with white or whitish under parts; the tail is blackish, slightly notched, and without the white termi- nal band. The under wing coverts are pale yellow. Habits much the same as the last, but its notes very different. Length, 9 ; wing, 4|; tail, 3|; culmen, f. South Atlantic States (South Carolina to Florida), West Indies to northern South America. Couch's Kingbird (446. Tyrannus melancJwlicus couchii), of Texas to Central America, has the breast and belly bright yellow, the throat white, the tail decidedly notched, and its outer feathers not white-edged. Length, 9|; wing, 4|; tail, 4; culmen, f. 4. Arkansas Kingbird (447. Tyrannus verticalis).—An olive- backed, yellow-bellied, ashy-headed kingbird, with a blackish square tail, without wrhitish tip. The outer web of the outer tail feathers entirely white, and the under wing coverts yellowr like the belly. Length, 9; wing, 5 (4|-5I) ; tail, 4; tarsus, f; culmen, f. Western United States from the Plains to the Pacific. Accidental in Maine, New Jersej^, Mary- land, etc. The Derby Flycatcher (449. Fitangus derbianus), of southern Texas to northern South America, is an olive- brown-backed, yellow-bellied bird, with the top and sides of head black, a white line over the eye to the nape, and a yel- low crown patch. The chin and throat are white, and the under wing coverts lemon-yellow like the belly. The culmen and tarsus are each an inch long, and the wing and tail feathers extensively bor- dered with chestnut. 5. Crested Flycatcher (452.
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