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ZOOLOGY BIRDS. 



MITKEPnORUS FULVIFRONS (Giraud), var. PALLBSOENS, Cones. 

 llai!!-ir ;iM< l Least Flycatcher. 



Muscicapafulvifrom, GIRAUD, 16 Sp. Texas Birds, 1841, pi. 2 (probably Mexico). 

 Mitrepliorus paUescens, COUES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866,63 (Fort W hippie, 



Ariz.). COOPER, Birds Cal., i, 1870, 386. 

 Mitrephorus fulmfrons var. pallescens, COUES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 17C. BD., BREW. 



& RIDG., N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 380, pi. 44, f. 13. HENSHAW, Kep. Oni. 



Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 128. COUES, Birds Northwest, 



1874, 259. 



Apparently a very rare species, as it was met with but on two occa- 

 sions. At Inscription Rock, N. Mex., July 24, 1 observed a pair of old birds 

 feeding the young. These latter were nearly full fledged, and had evidently 

 been raised in the immediate vicinity. In September, a single immature bird 

 was taken near Camp Apache, Ariz., on a small brush lined stream in a heavy 

 pine forest. Judging from the individuals seen, their habits differ in no note- 

 worthy respect from those of the small flycatchers generally. The species 

 was first described and introduced into our fauna by Dr. Coues, who gives 

 it as a rare summer resident at Fort Whipple, Ariz. 



During the past season, I saw several individuals of this species, but not 

 till well down into the southern part of Arizona. I am inclined to think 

 that it will not be found to occur much, if any, north of the thirty -fourth 

 parallel, and that south of this it is a regular summer resident, though 

 certainly very far from common. In all its motions, it is a perfect Empidonax. 



The plumage of the young differs from the adult in the paler fulvous 

 of the under parts. There are two bands of strong fulvous across the wings ; 

 the tertiaries are edged externally with same, and also, with the secondaries, 

 conspicuously tipped with ashy white. 



