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belly, yellow; primaries, dark brown, the first very much attenuated, 

 the others gradually less so; outer web of outer tail feather, entirely 

 white, rest of tail, dull black; bill, dark brown. 



Immature birds lack the orange red patch on the head, and the 

 primaries are not attenuated. 



Length, 9.00; wing, 4.45; tail, 4; bill, .70. 



The single specimen of this western species which has been taken 

 within our limits is recorded by Messrs. Kumlien and Hollister: 

 "An adult female was shot near Albion, Dane County, Wisconsin, 

 June II, 1877. The specimen is preserved in the Museum of Milton 

 College." (Birds of Wisconsin, 1903, p. 80.) 



Genus MYIARCHUS Cabanis. 



206, Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.). 



Crested Flycatcher. 



Distr.: "Eastern United States and southern Canada, west to 

 Manitoba and the Plains, south through eastern Mexico to Costa 

 Rica, Panama, and Colombia. Breeds from Florida northward." 

 (A. O. U.) 



Adult: Crown and back, dull olive; throat and upper breast, gray; 

 belly and under tail coverts, yellow; primaries, brown, edged with 



Crested Flycatcher. 



pale rufous; middle tail feathers, brown, rest of tail feathers have the 

 inner webs rufous, the outer webs, brown. 



