. Life histories of North American birds, from the parrots to the grackles [microform] : with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. TIIK FOltKTAILKI) KLY<"AT(lHi;i{. 233 on:y , l)y ), iind by iiicir' ((-(iiial 'if) , •-'-'..'{f) l)y I')!. and ^-'M hy 1« niilliniotres).' Tlicrti aro no ej^'j^cs of tliis s|iof'ics in tlu( ITnitcd States National ^Insenni eollot'tion, and I liave been unable to obtain a fully identified sjieeinieu for illustration. 86. Milvulus forficatus (). SCISSOR-TAILKI)
. Life histories of North American birds, from the parrots to the grackles [microform] : with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. TIIK FOltKTAILKI) KLY<"AT(lHi;i{. 233 on:y , l)y ), iind by iiicir' ((-(iiial 'if) , •-'-'..'{f) l)y I')!. and ^-'M hy 1« niilliniotres).' Tlicrti aro no ej^'j^cs of tliis s|iof'ics in tlu( ITnitcd States National ^Insenni eollot'tion, and I liave been unable to obtain a fully identified sjieeinieu for illustration. 86. Milvulus forficatus (). SCISSOR-TAILKI) I'l-YCATCHKU. Musficdpa /orjimln (iMELIN, Hystcina Xatuvir 1, i, 1788, O.'il. Milviiliis/otjivtitiis SWAINSON, (iliissiliciitiiiii of Jiirds, 11, 1S27, 235. (B 123, C 241, U 301, O 3(i7, IT 413.) ({EO(iRAi'Hi(!AL i!AN(;i;: Kiiiiii Niciiraffun, (.'ciitriil America, ii«rtU tlirongli eastern Mexieo mihI in the United States, refjulniiy tin(iu};li Texas and the Indian Territory to sontliern Kansas. Occasional in soiUli western , western Arkansas, and liouisiana. Accidental in '•'lovida, Virjjinia, Illinois, New Jersey, the New ICnsland .States, Manitoba, and even no. th to York l'"actory, Hudson Bay, and the Mackenzie Hiver \ailey, Northwest Territory, 1/oniinion of Cainida. Til' Scissor-tailoil, also known as "Swallow-tailod," Flycatcher, and more freciMMitly as the "Texan Uird of I'aradi-ie," is a connn m summer resident tln-ou;^hout the ^jreati'r portion of Texas and the Indian Territory, and extends its breediuf^' ranjic^ northward into southern Kansas. It usuall\ arrives in tlie southwestern portions of 'I'exas alxiut the middh^ of ^fareh, and returns to its winter homes in Central America in October. Mr. W. K. (irover, of Galveston, Texas, informs me that some of birds remain in that vicinity throu^ihout the year, movinj;' about from place to place in small ol' flocks from fi\e to six, and occasionally as many as a dozen may be
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