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1906; Alabama, one was obtained at Autaugaville in the spring of 

 188'9 or 1890; Louisiana, a flock of 10 was seen at Kenner on October 

 6, 1889, and three specimens were taken at Grand Isle, on April 6 

 and 10, 1926, and April 2, 1927, while one was collected at Wisner, 

 on April 10, 1933; Ohio, a specimen was taken at Marietta on May 

 20, 1894 ; Nebraska, one was reported as seen near Lincoln in the fall 

 of 1872, another was reported as seen near Greenwood in the spring 

 of 1913, while a third actually built two nests near Lincoln in May 

 and June 1921; Wisconsin, an adult male was collected at Milton 

 on October 1, 1895; Minnesota, one was taken at New London 

 some time prior to 1912, and one was seen in Jackson County on 

 June 5, 1930; Manitoba, at York Factory a specimen was taken in 

 the summer of 1880, and another on October 2, 1924, while one was 

 found dead at Portage la Prairie, on October 20, 1884 ; Colorado, two 

 females were taken at Campo, Baca County, on May 31 and June 1, 

 1923; Arizona, one was collected at Kayenta on July 8, 1934, and 

 another was seen at Sahuaro Lake, on the Salt River, Maricopa 

 County, on July 12, 1935; California, a specimen was obtained at 

 Elizabeth Lake, Los Angeles County, on June 26, 1915. 



Egg dates. — Oklahoma : 6 records, June 4 to 22. 



Texas : 116 records, April 7 to July 26 ; 58 records. May 9 to June 

 10, indicating the height of the season. 



PITANGUS SULPHURATUS DERBIANUS (Kaup) 



DERBY FLYCATCHER 



HABITS 



This handsome and conspicuous giant flycatcher was first intro- 

 duced to the fauna of the United States by George B. Sennett (1879) . 

 who collected the first specimens to be taken north of our boundary 

 in the valley of the lower Rio Grande in southern Texas, where so 

 many other Mexican species enter our borders. He reports: "On 

 April 23 a male and a female of this species were shot at Lake San 

 Jose, a few miles from Lomita. Both were shot about four feet 

 up on the trunks of small retama -trees standing in the water, and 

 were clinging to them and working their way down to the water, 

 possibly to drink. They were not particularly shy. On May 3 an- 

 other female was shot in trees bordering the lake, yet not over the 

 water. One or two more were observed in timber about water-holes." 



For some time after that the bird was supposed to be only an 

 uncommon summer visitor in Texas, but it has since been shown to 

 be of regular occurrence and a fairly common breeder in that region. 

 Wlien I visited Brownsville in 1923 we found the magnificent Derby 

 flycatcher rather common in the dense forests along the resacas or 



