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[B 142, C 258, R 326, C 387.] 



HAB. Eastern North America, south in winter to Central America. 

 Breeds from the Northern States northward. 



4G8. Empidonax hammondi (XANTUS). 



Hammond's Flycatcher. 



Tyrannnla hammondi XANTUS, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. May, 1858, 



117. 

 Empidonax hammondi BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 199. 



[B 145,0260, R 327, C 390.] 



HAB. Western North America, from the western border of the 

 Plains westward, north to the Lesser Slave Lake, and south to South- 

 ern Mexico. 



469. Empidonax obscurus (SWAINS.). 



Wright's Flycatcher. 



Tyrannula obscura SWAINS. Phil. Mag. I. May, 1827, 367. 

 Empidonax obscurus BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 200. 



[B 146, C 261, R 328, C 391.] 



HAB. Western United States, north to Oregon and Montana, and 

 south to Southern Mexico. 



[470.] Empidonax fulvifrons (GIRAUD). 



Fulvous Flycatcher. 



Muscicapa fulvifrons GIRAUD, Sixteen Tex. B. 1841, pi. ii. 

 Empidonax fulvifrons SCL. P. Z. S. 1858, 301. 



[B - C -, R 329, C -.] 



HAB. "Texas" (GIRAUD), and probably Northeastern Mexico. 

 470 a. Empidonax fulvifrons pygmaeus (COUES). 



Buff-breasted Flycatcher. 



Empidonax pygmeeus COUES, Ibis, 1865, 537. 



Empidonax fulvifrons pygmeeus RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 

 1885, 356. 



