Perching Birds Marked With Yellow or Orange. 



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451. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher {Myiodynastes lu- 

 teiventris). L. 8. Below sulphur streaked with 

 black; tail largely rusty brown; a yellow crown-patch; 

 inner wing feathers widely margined with whitish; 

 back grayish brown streaked with dusky. Yng. With 

 no crown-patch. Notes. A screech, like squeaking 

 of a wagon wheel, and a single note. (Poling.) 



Range.— Central America; breeds north as far as southern Arizona. 



452. Crested Flycatcher {Myiarchus crinitus). L. 

 9. Inner webs of all but middle tail-feathers rust- 

 brown. Ads. Throat and breast gray, belly bright 

 sulphur; back grayish olive-green\ greenest above and 

 yellowest below of our larger Myiarchi. Notes. Loud, 

 chuckling, grating whistles. 



Range- Eastern North America; west to the Plains: breeds from 

 Florida and Texas north to New Brunswick and Manitoba; winters 

 from southern Florida south to northern South America. 



453. Mexican Crested Flycatcher {Myiarchus mex- 

 icanus). L. 9.2; W. 4« Inner webs of all but middle 

 tail-feathers rust brown. Ads. Throat and breast 

 gray, belly sulphur, both paler than in No. 452; back 

 grayish brown, with little or no green tinge. Notes. 

 Resemble those of No. 452. (Merrill.) 



Range.- Central America; breeds north as far as Lower Rio Grande, 

 Texas. 



453a. Arizona Crested Flycatcher (M. m. magis- 



ter). Similar to No. 453, but larger, L. 9.4, W. 4.2, 

 and averaging slightly paler. 



Range. — "Western Mexico; north to southern Arizona and south- 

 west New Mexico; south in winter to Tehuantepec, Mexico." 



454. "Ash-throated Flycatcher {Myiarchus cineras- 

 cens). L. 8.; W. 4. Inner webs of all but middle 

 tail-feathers rust-brown, outer pair dusky at tip of 

 inner web. Ads. Throat and breast pale grayish 

 white, belly white tinged with yellow, above grayish 

 brown, outer web of outer tail-feather whitish. Palest 

 below of our Myiarchi. Notes. A rather resonant but 

 wooden chuck-pr-r-r-r. 



Range. — Western United States: breeds from western Texas and 

 Lower California north to Colorado and Oregon; winters in southern 

 Mexico and Central America. 



454a. Nutting Flycatcher {M. c. nuttingi). Simi- 

 lar to No. 454, but smaller, VV. 3.6, outer margin of 

 outer tail-feather not whitish, tip of its inner web 

 rusty, not dusky. 



Range. — Breeds in southern Arizona and western Mexico; winters 

 n Central America. 



454b. Lower California Flycatcher {M. c.pertinax). 

 Similar to No. 454a, but bill larger and stouter; above 

 grayer; below less yellow. (Brewster.) 



Range. — Lower California. 



45 5a. Olivaceous Flycatcher {Myiarchus lawrencei 

 olivascens) . L. 7. Ads. Inner webs of tail-feathers 

 like outer webs; tail-feathers margined with rusty; 

 breast and belly as in No. 452; crown brownish, back 

 grayish olive-green. Notes. A short mournful peeur. 



Range.— Breeds from western Mexico north to southern Arizona; 

 winters south to southern Mexico; casual in Colorado. 



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