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469.1 Gray Flycatcher. Empidoiiax grifieKs. 



Rani^f. — Lower California, north to southern California. 



This is a sliylitly larger species than the preceding and is grayish above and 

 paler below, with little or no tinge of brownish or j'ellow. As far as I can learn 

 its eggs have not yet been taken. 



[470.] Fulvous Flycatcher. Kinpidonax fiilrifrons. 



Range. — Kastern Mexico; ailmitted to our fauna on the authority of Giraud as 

 having occured in southern Texas. 



This bird is similar to its sub-species but larger. Its nesting habits will not 

 differ. 



470a. Buff-breasted Flycatcher. Empidonax fulvifn)iis pijfjinrfiis. 



Range. — Western Mexico, north to southern New Mexico and Arizona. 



This small bird, which is but 4.75 inches in length, is brow'nish gray above 

 and brownish buff below. It is not a common species anywhere, but is known 

 to nest during June or July, on high mountain ranges, saddling its nest of 

 fibres, covered with lichens, on horizontal boughs at quite an elevation from the 

 ground. The eggs are pale buffy white, unspotted, and measure .60 x .50. 



47 1. Vermilion Flycatcher. Pijrocephalus rubineus mexicanus. 



Range. — Mexico, north regularly to southern Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. 



This is one of the most gaudily attired of all North American 

 birds, being brownish gray on the back, wings and tail, and hav- 

 ing a briglit vermilion crown, crest and underparts. They are 

 quite common in southern Texas, but far more abundant in the 

 southern parts of Arizona. Their habits do not differ from those 

 of other Flycatchers, they living almost exclusively upon insects. I Huff. 



The majority of their nests can not be distinguished from those of the Wood 

 Pewee, being covered with lichens and saddled upon limbs in a similar manner, 

 but some lack the mossy ornamentation. Their three or four eggs are buffy, 

 boldly blotched with dark brown and lavender, chiefly in a wreath about the 

 middle of the egg; size .70 x .50. Data.— San Pedro River, Arizona, June 10, 

 1809. Nest in the fork of a willow about 20 feet above the stream. Collector, O. 

 W. Howard. 



47 2. Beardless Flycatcher. Ornithion imberbc. 



Range.— Central America; north casually to the Lower Rio Grande in Texas. 



This strange little Flycatcher, several specimens of which have been taken in 

 the vicinity of Lomita, Texas, is but 4.5 inches in length, grayish in color and 

 has a short bill, the upper mandible of which is curved. It has all the habits 

 peculiar to Flycatchers. Their eggs have not as yet been found as far as I can 

 learn. 



47 2a. Ridgway Flycatcher. Oraithioa imberbc ridguayi. 



Range.— Southwestern Mexico, north to southern Arizona. 



This species is slightly larger and grayer than the last. They are rare birds, 

 either in the United States or in Mexico and their nests and eggs have not yet 

 been reported. 



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