TYRANNID^ — THE TYRANT FLYCATCHERS — EMPIDONAX. 





E' at:adicus. 



Empidonax Traillii, Audubon. 

 TRAILL'S FLYCATCHER. 



Miiscicapa Traillii, AvouBOS, Orn. Biog. I. 1832, 236; V. 1839, 426; pi. 45. Ib. Birds 

 Amcr. I. 1840, 234 ; pi. 65. — Tijramius Traillii, Nuttall, Man. I. 2d cd. 1840, 323. — 

 Empidonax Traillii, Baikd, P. R. Rep. IX. Birds, 193. 



Sp. Char. Tliird quill longest ; second scarcely shorter than fourth ; first shorter than 

 fifth, about 0..3.5 shorter 4han the longest. Primaries about 0.75 of an ineh longer than 

 the secondaries. Tail even. Upper parts dark olive-green ; lighter under the wings, and 

 duller and more tinged with ash on nape and sides of the neek. Centre of the crown 

 feathers brown. A pale yellowish-white ring (in some specimens altogetlier white) round 



E. pitsttlus. 



the eye. Loral feathers mixeil with white. Chin and throat white ; the Ijrcast and sides 

 of throat light ash, tinged with olive, its intensity varying in individuals, the former some- 

 times faintly tinged with olive. Sides of the breast much like the Ijack. Middle of the 

 belly nearly white ; sides of the belly, abdomen, and the lower tail coverts sulphur-yellow. 

 The quills and tail feathers dark brown. Two ohvaceous yellow white bands on the wing, 

 formed by tlie tips of the first and second covert;s, succeeded by a brown one ; the edge of 

 the first primary and of the secondaries and tertials a little lighter shade of the same. 



