kingbird

[Eng. king, and bird.] Ornith.: A name given to a shrike, the Tyrannus intrepid us , of this country. It is above of a dark slaty ash-color, and beneath white; the feathers of the crown are orange. They build in this country, breeding in general twice a ye year, and laying five eggs each time. Named from an erectile orange colored crest on the head, which has been compared to a diadem; as also from the tyrannical character of the bird. It is insectivorous, and is not in good repute with beekeepers, from the number of bees which it destroys.