30 Nelson — North American Mainland MyiarcJms. 



gives no more definite type locality; but as in tlie case of most of 

 Catesby's species tiie Carolina birds probably served for his description. 



Breeding range. — Throughout eastern North America from New 

 Brunswick and Manitoba south to northern Florida and to Bexar 

 County, Texas. 



Migrates through eastern and southern Mexico and Central America to 

 Panama and the Santa Marta Mountains in Colombia. 



Zonal difttrihution. — Upper and lower Austral and Tran.sition (in breed- 

 ing season). 



Specific characters. — Size large; under side of neck and breast rather 

 dark olive-gray; back distinctly (/reems/t olive; inner web of outer tail 

 feather mainly or entirely rufous. 



Description of fres/i plumage. — Top of head olive with a brownish 

 shade; back greenish olive; upper tail coverts hair brown margined with 

 tawny-ochraceous; wing coverts pale grayish drab, sometimes tinged 

 with greenish yellow; tertials edged with dull grayish white, sometimes 

 tinged with greenish yellow: basal part of outer web of all but outer 

 primary edged with deep cinnamon rufous; outer webs of tail feathers 

 thinly margined on basal half with tawny ochraceous; inner webs of tail 

 feathers, except middle pair, mainly or entirely bright cinnamon-rufous 

 (almost orange-rufous) with a more or less distinct but narrow line of 

 dusky along shaft in the majority of specimens; chin, throat and breast 

 olive gray; abdomen and under tail coverts clear bright yellow — between 

 naples yellow and sulphur yellow of Ridgway. 



Description of young in first phmiage. — Crown dull olivaceous-sepia 

 brown; back dingy greenish olive; upper tail coverts hair brown broadly 

 bordered and tipped with russet-cinnamon; tail as in adult but with inner 

 webs of middle pair of tail feathers mainly cinnamon-rufous; wing 

 coverts light buffy cinnamon; primaries and secondaries narrowly edged 

 with cinnamon-rufous; tertials bordered with dull yellowish white, 

 slightly tinged with buffy cinnamon; chin, throat and breast french 

 gray; abdomen and under tail coverts primrose yellow. 



Myiarchus crinitus residuus Howe. 



FLORIDA GEEAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 



1901. Myiarchus crinitus residuus Howe, Cont. N. Am. Orn., I, p. 30. 

 May 21, 1902. 



Type locality. — Ishtopoga Lake, Florida. Type No. 1233, adult male, 

 Howe-Shattuck Collection. 



Breeding range. — Peninsular part of Florida. Probably not migratory. 



Zonal distribution. — Lower Austral. 



Subspecific characters. — Wing averages a little shorter and bill much 

 larger than in M. crinitus. 



