RANGE--Tropical and sub-tropical regions generally; rare and of local
distribution in the southeastern United States and West Indies.
NEST--Of rushes, plant stems, etc., in reedy swamps on low bushes.
EGGS--Three, rather deep, dull blue.
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ARKANSAS KINGBIRD.--_Tyrannus verticalis._ Other name: Arkansas Flycatcher.
RANGE--Western United States from the plains to the Pacific, and from
British Columbia south through Lower California and western Mexico to
Guatemala.
NEST--On branches of trees, in open and exposed situations, six to twenty
feet from the ground; built of stems of weeds and grasses.
EGGS--Three to six, white, thinly spotted with purple to dark redish-brown.
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