Perching Birds Chiefly Dull Colored 



466. Traill Flycatcher (Empidonax traillit). Simi- 

 lar to No. 466a, but upperparts browner with little if 

 any real greenish tinge; bill averaging narrower, 



Range. — Western United States; breeds from western Texas ai... 

 southern California north to Alaska and Great Slave Lake, east *" 

 Kansas, Missouri and Illinois; winters in the tropics. 



466a. Alder Flycatcher (E. t. alnorum). L. b. k , 



W. 2.8. Ads. Lower mandible horn color; below 

 white, breast grayish; breast and sides faintly washed 

 with yellow; above brownish olive-green; wing-bars 

 usually buffy. Like No. 467, but larger. Notes. 

 Pep of alarm, and an explosive ee-^ee-e-iip with stress 

 on the rasping %ee. (Dwight.) 



Range. — Eastern United States, west to Michigan; breeds from 

 northern New Jersey (locally) north to New Brunswick; winters in the 

 tropics, 



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467. Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus). 

 5.4; W. 2.5. Ads, Similar in color to No. 466a, but 

 smaller, tail slightly forked. Yng. Wing-bars more 

 buffy. Notes, a vigorous chebec, ckebec; rarely a flight 

 song, "chebec, tooral-oorat." 



Range. — Eastern Nortli America, west to western Texas and east- 

 ern Colorado; breeds from Pennsylvania (North Carolina, in the Alle- 

 ghanies north to New Brunswick and Great Slave Lake; winters »■■ 

 Central America. 



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468. Hammond Flycatcher {Empidonax bammoncnj, 

 L. 5.5. Ads. Bill smallest of our Empidonaces, lower 

 mandible brown; throat and breast grayish, breast and 

 belly slightly washed with sulphur; above grayish with 

 a slight olive tint. Like No. 467, but bill smaller, 

 lower mandible browner, throat grayer. 



Range. Western North America; breeds from the mountains ot 

 New Mexico, Arizona, and southern Athabasca, east to Color*' 1 "' 

 winters in Mexico. 



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469. Wright Flycatcher (Empidonax wrightn,. 

 Similar to No. 468, but underparts whiter; bill much 

 longer, longest and narrowest of our Empidonaces', 

 lower mandible whitish at base, brownish at tip; oute* 

 web of outer tail-feather white. 



Range.- Western United States, east to eastern slope ol Rockies; 

 breeds from mountains of New Mexico, Arizona, and southern Cal- 

 ifornia north to Montana and southern Oregon; winters in Mexir<- 



469.1. Gray Flycatcher (Empidonax griseus). k _. 



6. Ads. Above gray with a slight brownish tinge; 

 below grayish white with little or no yellow. Grayest 

 of our Empidonaces. 



Range.- Western Mexico and Lower California north to southerp 

 California and Arizona, (Fort Verde.) 



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