Perching Birds Chiefiy Dull Colored. 



466. Traill Flycatcher (Empidonax traillti). 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 and 

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

 Kansas, Missouri and Illinois; winters in the tropics. 



466a. Alder Flycatcher (E. t. alnorum). L. 6.1; 

 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. (D wight.) 



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

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

 tropics. 



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467. Least Flycatcher {Empidonax minimus). L. 

 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, chebec; rarely a flight 

 song, "chebec, tooral-ooral." 



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

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

 Ehanies' north to New Brunswick and Great Slave Lake; winters in 

 entral America. 



468. Hammond Flycatcher [Empidonax hammondi). 



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 of 

 New Mexico, Arizona, and southern Athabasca, east to Colorado: 

 winters in Mexico. 





469. Wright Flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii). 

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

 longer, longest and narrowest of our Empidonaces; 

 lower mandible whitish at base, brownish at tip; outer 

 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 Mexico. 



469.1. Gray Flycatcher {Empidonax griseus). L. 

 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 southern 

 California and Arizona, (Fort Verde.) 



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