SYLVUD.K — rOLlOPTILA. 37 



Polioptila nielanura, Lawkejtce. 



THE BIACK-TAILED FLYCATCHER. 



Culicimm atricapUla, Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Lyceum, V. Sept. 1 85 1 , 1 24. (Not of Swaiiison. ) 

 Cidicivom Mexicaiia, Cassix, Illust. I. vi. 1854, 164; pi. xxvii. (Kot of Bonaparte ) 

 Polioptila mdanimi, Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Ljc. VI. Dec. 1856, 168. — Baikd, I'. E. Rep. 

 IX. Birds, 382. — Heermann', X. vi. 39. 



Sp. Ciiak. Above, aslij-blue ; whole crown to bill and eyes, and tail feathers lustrous 

 gi-eenish-black. Beneath, pale bluish-gray, almost white in the middle of the belly ; the 

 sides behind, with anal reniun and under coverts tinged with brown. Edge of evelids. 



and the margin and tip of the outer web of first and second tail feathers, white. Female 

 without the blackhead. Length, 4.50 ; extent, G. 30 ; wing, 2.00 ; tail, 2.10. Iris brown ; 

 bill and feet black. 



Huh. Yalle}- of the Rio Grande and Gila. West to San Diego. Cape St. Lucas. 



This was also a rather common hinl during tlie whole winter at Fort ^lo- 

 jave, as well as at 8au Diego, and I obtained one in October, on Catalina 

 Island, hut did not find it there, or at Santa Barbara, in summer. I saw 

 tliem about San Diego up to the 20th of ^Nlay, and young birds, fully fledged, 

 as early as May 2d, but found no nests. Specimens were collected by ]\Ir. 

 F. Gruber as far north as lat. 39°, in the Sierra Nevada. In April I heard 

 them sing a harsh ditty of five parts, somewhat like a WTen's soug, and 

 another song resembling the notes of a swallow, and exactly Like that of 

 Virco Belli. Their scolding note is a faint mew like a cat's. 



Polioptila plumbea, Baird. 



THE LEAD-COLOKED FLYCATCHER. 



Culicivora plumbm, BAruD, Pr. A. K Sc. VII. June, 1854. 118. — Puliuptila jihimbca, Baikd, 

 P. R. Rep. IX. Birds, 382. — Kexnerly, X. iv. 26; pi. 33, f. 1. 



Sp. Ciiak. Above, bluish-gray ; the forehead unitorm with the crown. Eyelids white. 

 A pale grayish-white line over the eye, above which is another of black, nuich concealed 

 by the feathers, and which does not reach to the bill. Under parts dull wliite, tinged with 



