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457. Sayornis saya (BONAP.). 



Say's Phoebe. 



Muscicapa saya BONAP. Am. Orn. I. 1825, 20. 

 Sayornis sayus BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 185. 



[B 136, 250, R 316, 377.] 



HAB. Western United States, from the Plains to the Pacific, south 

 into Mexico. 



458. Sayornis nigricans (SWAINS.). 



Black Phoebe. 



Tyrannula nigricans SWAINS. Philos. Mag. I. May, 1827, 367. 

 Sayornis nigricans BONAP. Coll. Delattre, 1854, 87. 



[B 134, C 251, R 317, C 378.] 



HAB. Southwestern United States, from Texas through Southern 

 New Mexico and Arizona to California, and northward along the coast 

 to Oregon ; south to Southern Mexico. 



GENUS CONTOPUS CABANIS. 







Contopus CAB. J. f. O. III. Nov. 1855, 479. Type, Muscicapa wrens 

 LINN. 



459. Contopus borealis (SWAINS.). 



Olive-sided Flycatcher. 



Tyrannus borealis SWAINS. F. B. A. II. 1831, 141, pi. 35. 

 Contopus borealis BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 188. 



[B 137, C 253, R 318, C 380.] 



HAB. North America, breeding from the northern and the higher 

 mountainous parts of the United States northward. In winter, south 

 to Central America and Colombia. 



460. Contopus pertinax CAB. 



Coues's Flycatcher. 



Myiarchus pertinax LIGHT. Nomen. Mus. Berol. 1854, 16 (nomen 



nudum). 

 Contopus pertinax CAB. Mus. Hein. II. Sept. 30, 1859, 72. 



