BIRDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 591 



EMPIDONAX FULVIFRONS RUBICUNDUS (Cabanis and Heine). 

 RUDDY FLYCATCHEE. 



Similar to E. f. pygmseus, but more deeply colored, the upper parts 

 browner, the under parts more deeply and more extensively tawny- 

 buff or sandy clay color; young deep olive-brown (nearly raw umber) 

 above, the pileum darker and duller, and with, wing-bands "innamon; 

 averaging slightly larger. 



Adult male.— iLength. (skins), 109-121 (115); wing, 58.5-64.5 (62.5); 

 tail, 46.5-54.5 (50.5); exposed culmen, 9.5-10.5 (10.1); tarsus, 14.5- 

 15.5 (14.6); middle toe, 7.5-9 (S-l).*^ 



Adult female.— Length, (skins) , 106-122 (111); vnng, 55.5-62.5 (60.5) ; 

 tail, 45-53 (48.9) ; exposed culmen, 9.5-10.5 (10) ; tarsus, 13.5-15 (14.3) ; 

 middle toe, 7.5-8 (7.8).^ 



Central and southern ^lexico, in States of Durango (El Salto) , south- 

 ern Chihuahua (Colonia Garcia), Jalisco (La Laguna), Michoacan 

 (Patamban; Uruapam; Patzcuaro), Morelos (Tetela del Volcan), 

 Hidalgo (Tulancingo) , Mexico (City of Mexico; Ixtapalapa; Hacienda 

 Eslava; Huipulco; Coapa; Mexicalcingo ; Culhuacan; Axotla; Chi- 

 malpa; Cojimalpa; Salazar; Tlalpam), Pueblo (Huehuetlan) , Vera 

 Cruz (Las Vigas), Oaxaca, Guerrero (Amula; Omilteme), and Chiapas 

 (Tenejapa), and Territory of Tepic (wSanta Teresa) ; highlands of Gua- 

 temala (Duenas; Quezaltenango) ? '^ 



Evipidonax fulvifrons (not Muscicapa fulvifrons Giraud) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1858, 301 (Oaxaca; crit.); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xiv, 1888, 222, part (Mex- 

 ico; Quezaltenango and Duenas, Guatemala?'^). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. 

 Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1889, 69, part (Amula and Omilteme, Guerrero; locali- 

 ties near City of Mexico; Huehuetlan, Puebla; Quezaltenango and Duenas, 

 Guatemala <?).— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., x, 1898, 42 (Las Vigas, Vera 

 Cruz, 8,000 ft.; descr. nest). 

 [Empidonax] fulvifrons Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 52. 

 Mitrephor us fulvifrons Sclater, Ibis, 1859, 442 (Oaxaca); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 

 228 (Mexico). — Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, 1860, 275 (Duenas, Guatemala).* 

 [Empidonax fulvifrons var. pallescens.] a. fulvifrons Coues, Birds Northwest, 



1874, 259, chiefly. 

 E[mpidonax] rubicundus Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., ii, Sept., 1859, 70, foot- 

 note (Mexico; coll. Berlin Mus.; ex Muscicapa rubicunda Lichtenstein, 

 manuscript). 

 [Empidonax] rubicundus Sharpe, Hand-list, iii, 1901, 137. 



Evipidonax fulvifrons rubicundus Ridgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, ii, Apr. 

 28, 1884, 109, 110 (crit.); Ibis, 1886, 463.— Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., ix, 1886, 154 (Huehuetlan, Puebla).— Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 ix, 1886, 154 (Huehuetlan; crit.). 

 E[mpidonax] fulvifrons rubicundus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 345. 

 [Pyrocephalus] cinnamomeus " Sw[ainson] " Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 361, no. 5488, 

 part. 



a Twelve specimens. 



b Five specimens. 



c Guatemalan specimens perhaps referable to E. f. fusciceps. 



d These Guatemalan localities may pertain to E. f. fusciceps. 



