. Bird guide . ARKANSAS KINGBIRD. 447. Tiirannus vertically. J inches. These tyrant flycatchers are abundant west of the Mississippi, where they are often, and perhaps more aptly,known as the Western Kingbirds. If possible, they areeven more noisy and pugnacious than the eastern have a great variety of notes, all rather unpleasantto the ear. Their food, like that of the other Kingbirds,consists of moths, butterflies, ants, grasshoppers, crick-etc, etc., most of which they catch on the wing. Note.—A shrill, metallic sc^ueak; a low twitteringand a harsh, discordant scream, all impos
. Bird guide . ARKANSAS KINGBIRD. 447. Tiirannus vertically. J inches. These tyrant flycatchers are abundant west of the Mississippi, where they are often, and perhaps more aptly,known as the Western Kingbirds. If possible, they areeven more noisy and pugnacious than the eastern have a great variety of notes, all rather unpleasantto the ear. Their food, like that of the other Kingbirds,consists of moths, butterflies, ants, grasshoppers, crick-etc, etc., most of which they catch on the wing. Note.—A shrill, metallic sc^ueak; a low twitteringand a harsh, discordant scream, all impossible to print. Nest.—Quite large and clumsily made of paper, rags,twigs, rootlets and grasses, placed in all sorts of loca-tions, frequently in eave troughs or above eggs are creamy white, spotted with brown (.95 ) I. Range.—Western United States, breeding from Texasto ^lauitoba and west to the Pacific; winters south ofU. S. DERBY FLYCATCHER. 449. Pitangus sulphnratus derhianu.^. 10^^ in
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