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at ends, without forming a distinct band. Secondaries edged externally with lighter 

 olive. A concealed white tuft on flanks. Bill black above ; yellow beneath. Young with 

 two pale buff bands on the wings. Length, about 7.50 ; wing, 4.40 ; tail, 4.00 ; bill 

 above, 0.70 ; tarsus, 0.70 ; middle toe and claw, 0.65. 

 Hab. Mexico to Fort AVliipplc, Arizona. 



This species was first detected witliiu tlie limits of tlie United States by 

 Dr. Cones, who found a young bird at Fort Wliipple. He noticed nothing 

 peculiar in its habits. Of much the same size as C. borcalis, the tail is dis- 

 proportionately longer, and the wing formula and colors quite different. The 

 species is not uncommon in Mexico, and will probably be yet found more 

 abundantly in the United States, botli in Arizona and New IVIexico, as 

 its inconspicuous plumage renders it very liable to be overlooked by col- 

 lectors. 



Contopus Richardsonii, Swainson. 

 THE SHORT-LEGGED PEWEE. 



Tijmmmhi Rii/iarrlsoiiii, i^w.ussoy, Fauna Bor. Amer. IL 18.31, 146; plate. — Sfiiscicapa 

 Riclmrdsonii, Audubon, Orn. Biog. V. 1839, 299; pi. 434. — Contopus Richardsunii, 

 B.UKD, P. R. Rep. IX. Birds, 189. — Coues, Pr. Ph. Ac. 1866, 61. 



Muscknpa phabe, AuDUBON, Syn. 1839, 42. lis. Birds Amer. I. 1840, 219 ; pi. 61 (not of 

 Latliam). — Tyramms phahe, Nutt.\ll, Man. I. 2d cd. 1840, 319. 



Contopus sordidulus, Sclater. 



Contopus pkheius, Cabanis. • 



Sp. Chah General appearance of C. virens. Bill broad. Wings very long and much 

 pointed, considerably exceeding the tail ; second quill longest ; third a little shorter ; first 

 shorter than fourth, and about midway Ix'tween distance from second to fifth (O.GO of an 

 inch). Primaries 1.20 inches longer than secondaries. Tail moderately forked. Above, 

 dark olive-brown (the bead darker), the entire breast and sides of head, neck, and body 



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of a paler shade of the same, tinging strongly also the dull whitish throat and chin. Ab- 

 domen and under tail coverts dirty pale yellowish. Quills and tail dark lilackish-brown ; 

 the secondaries narrowly, the tcrtials more broadly edged with whitish. Two quite indis- 

 tinct bands of brownish-white across the wings. Lower mandible yellow ; the tip brown. 

 Length, 6.20 ; extent, 10.50 ; wing, 3.50 ; tail, 3.10. L-is brown ; bill black, brown below; 

 feet black. 



