COTINGAS — FLYCATCHERS 245 



ORDER PASSERES : PERCHING BIRDS. 



(Families Cotixgid.e, Tykaxxid.e, Alaudid.e, Corvid.^, 

 Sturxid.e. IcteridyE, Frixgillid.e, Taxagrid.e, Hirux- 

 DixiD.E, Ampelid.e, Laxiid^, Vireoxid.e, Mxiotilti- 



D^, MOTACILLID.E, ClXCLID^, TrOGLODYTID.E, CeRTHIID.E, 



Parid^, Sylviid^, Turdid.e, etc.) 



FAMILY COTINGIDJE: COTINGAS. 



GENUS PLATYPSARIS. 



441.1. Platypsaris albiventris (Laur.). Xantus Becard. 



Nostrils partly hidden by bristly feathers ; tip of bill slightly hooked : 

 second quill in male small or rudimentary. 

 Adult male : throat mainly rose pink : rest of 

 under parts g'ray, fading' to white below ; 

 top of head Ijlack : rest of upper pai-ts slate .,.,., 



gray, paler on forehead and back of neck. '"' '^~^' 



Adult female and young male : top of head slaty ; rest of iipper parts brown- 

 ish gray or g-rayish brown ; under parts shading- from deep brown to 

 whitish. Length: tJ.r^O-T.UO, wing- o.40-o.G8. tail 2.70-8.00. exposed cul- 

 raen, .58-.0*). 



Distribution. — Western Mexico ; recorded from Huachuca Mountains, 

 Arizona. 



As ]Mr. W. W. Price found an adult male becard in the Huachuca 

 Mountains, Arizona, in breeding plumage, apparently accompanied 

 by its mate, the interesting birds will doubtless be found breeding in 

 the mountains of southern Arizona. 



FAMILY TYRANNIDJE: TYRANT FLYCATCHERS. 



KKY TO GENERA. 



1. Tail edged or tipped with white. 



2. Tail deeply forked Muscivora, p. 240. 



2'. Tail not forked Tyrannus. p. 247. 



r.Tail not edged or tipped with white. 



2. r})per mandible curved on both edg-es .... Ornitllioil, p. 2(1.*). 

 2'.rpp(M- mandil)b' straight for most of its length. 



;>. Tail marked with rufous or rusty (except .sometimes Mfjiarvfius 

 hum nt« i olifasa ns). 

 4. Breast ash <^ray in contrast to yellow belly. Myiarclius. p. 2.")1. 

 4'. Breast yellow like ])elly ; throat white. 



."). Streaked Myiodynastes, p. 2.*)(>. 



'>'. Not streaked PitailgUS. p. 2.')0. 



:>'.Tail not marked with rufous or rusty. 



4. \\'ing at least six times as long- as tarsus . . Cozitopus, j). 2.")(;. 

 4 . Wing- not more than fiv<' times as long- as t;irsus. 



.">. Sexes different, male scarlet, females .-ind young- g-rayish 

 brown Pyrocephalus.p. 2()4. 



