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and Hiiaehuca Mountains) ; Chihuahua (Cajon Bonito and Carmen) ; 

 Tamaulipas (Golindo and Ciudad Victoria) ; and Yucatan (Val- 

 ladolid). East to Yucatan (Valladolid) ; eastern Honduras (La 

 Ceiba and Segovia River) ; eastern Nicaragua (Eden and Rio Escon- 

 dido) ; Panama (Panama City and Obaldia) ; Venezuela (Magdalena 

 Valley); and western Brazil (Marabitanos and Borba). South to 

 Brazil (Borba) ; and southern Peru (Artilleros, Monterico, and 

 Perene). West to Peru (Perene, Nauta, and Yurimaguas) ; western 

 Costa Rica (Puntarenas and Santa Rosa) ; El Salvador (Miraflores 

 and La Libertad) ; western Guatemala (Escuintla, Patulu Island, 

 and Hacienda California) ; Oaxaca (Tehuantepec and Juquila) ; 

 Guerrero (Dos Arroyos) ; Jalisco (Mazatlan and Altemajec) ; Nay- 

 arit (Acaponeta) ; Sinaloa (Plomosas and Presidio); Sonora (San 

 Rafael) and southern Arizona (Santa Rita Mountains and Pima 

 Canon) . 



Winter' range. — The species appears to be resident throughout most 

 of its range north to southern Sinalao (Presidio and Plomosas) ; and 

 central Tamaulipas (Ciudad Victoria). 



The range as outlined is for the species, which has been separated 

 into at least two subspecies. The race known as Myiodynastes lutei- 

 ventris swarthi is the one found in southern Arizona. The southern 

 limits of its range are at present uncertain, and in the extreme south- 

 ern part of the range there is also some confusion regarding the 

 species. 



Migration. — Early dates of arrival in Arizona are : Paradise, May 

 17; Tombstone, May 18. A late date of fall departure from that 

 State is Tombstone, September 20, abnormally late. 



Egg dates. — Arizona : 13 records, June 20 to August 15 ; 8 records, 

 July 2 to 15, indicating the height of the season. 



Mexico: 1 record, June 15. 



MYIARCHUS CRINITUS BOREUS Bangrii 



NORTHERN CRESTED FLYCATCHER 



Plates 10, 11 



HABITS 



"The voice of one crying in the wilderness," a disembodied sound, 

 a loud, striking challenge note, coming from somewhere in the wood- 

 land treetops, greets us early in May in New England, and we know 

 that one of our showiest and most fascinating birds has arrived with 

 the vanguard of the migrating hosts. He is oftener heard than seen, 

 for, although he is handsomely colored, his soft colors blend well into 

 his surroundings in the forest trees, as he sits motionless on some lofty 



