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tip, and heavily bristled rictus ; its length from nostril not half the length of tarsus. Primaries 

 not emarginate ; 2d-4th longest, 5th shorter, 1st about equal to 6th. Tail shorter than wings, 

 nearly square ; feet small ; tarsus rather less than middle toe and claw. A widely distributed 

 Neotropical genus, related to Elainea, with about 7 species, one of which is believed to reach 

 our border in Texas, on the authority of J. P. Giraud, though nobody has fctund it there of 

 late years. It has an orange crown -spot, as iu Pitangus, Mtjiodynastes, Tijr annus, 3Iilvulus, 

 etc., but its relationships are elsewhere iu the family. 



M. texen'sis. (Lat. of Texas.) Giraud's Flycatcher. Texan Flycatcher. Crown 

 with concealed orange patch, as in a Kingbird. A conspicuous white superciliary stripe. 

 Under parts, including lining of wings, yellow ; but throat definitely white. Above, (divaceous, 

 duller and grayish on head, dusky on lores and auriculars, hoary on forehead. Quills and tail- 

 feathers fuscous, most of them with dull yellowish edging, but no clear rufous or chestnut. Bill 

 and feet black. Young lack the crown-spot, and have some rusty edgings of the feathers, 

 especially of wings and tail. Length 7.00 or less ; wing 3.50 ; tail under 3.00 ; bill 0.60 ; tar- 

 sus 0.75 ; middle toe and claw 0.85. Texas, S. through Mexico to Central and S. Am. Nest 

 like that of the Derby Flycatcher, domed; eggs said to be only 2 or 3 in number; they average 

 0.92 X 0.66, and are white, sparingly flecked all over with brown and neutral tints. This 

 species was introduced formally in the text of the 2d ed. of the Key, 1884, p. 430 ; A. 0. U. 

 Lists, 1886 and 1895, No. [450.]. 



MYIODYNAS'TES. (Gr. fiv'ia, mttia, a fly ; Swaa-rrji, dimastes, a ruler.) Striped Fly- 

 catchers. Related to Myiarchus; tail extensively chestnut, as in that geuus, but no chest- 

 nut on wings. No primaries emarginate. A yellow crown-spot. Bill shorter than head, as 

 long as tarsus, very turgid, much broader than high at nostrils, lateral outlines slightly con- 

 vex, culmen nearly straight to little hooked tip ; gonys long, ascending ; rictus moderately 

 bristled. Wings long and pointed ; 3d quill slightly longer than 2d, 4th little shorter, 5th 

 much shorter, 1st betj\'een 5th and 6th. Tail shorter than wings, nearly even. Feet very 

 small, relatively as weak as iu Contopus ; tarsus rather shorter than middle toe and claw. 

 Several species of Mexican and tropical American Flycatchers, with crown-spot, rufous tail, and 

 whole plumage streaked. 



M. luteiven'tris. (Lat. luteus, yellow, rentris, of renter, the belly.) Sulphur-BELLIED 

 Striped Flycatcher. Entire upper parts, including the head, streaked ; the feathers with 

 broadly dusky centres and olive-brown borders, finally edged slightly with yellowish-brown. A 

 yellow crown-spot, concealed as in the Kingbird. Tail and its upper coverts rich chestnut, all 

 the feathers with blackish shaft-stripes — on the middle feathers about half the width of either 

 web, on the outer narrowed to the shaft itself and a slightly clubbed end ; from below, shafts 

 of the feathers white except at ends. Wings blackish: median and greater coverts and 

 inner quills, both externally and internally, conspicuously edged with yellowish-white ; some 

 rufous edgings also on lesser coverts. Under parts, including lining of wings, sulphur-yellow, 

 fading to white on the throat; everywhere, excepting on middle of belly and crissum, heavily 

 streaked with blackish, these dark stripes suffused and blended on throat, particularly along 

 its sides. Lores and auriculars dusky ; forehead and streak over eye whitish. Bill blackish, 

 pale at base below. Wing 4.40 ; tail 3.40 ; bill and tarsus 0.75 ; middle toe and claw rather 

 more. Central Am. and Mexico to S. Arizona and S. New Mexico, common, breeding in 

 mountainous regicms at elevations of 5,000-7,000 feet. It was originally found within our 

 limits, in the Chiricahua Mts. in 1874. and I think that I saw it at Fort Verde, 40 miles E. of 

 Fort Whipple, in May, 1881. Nest in a h(de of a tree, jjrcferably a sycamore near running 

 water, 20-.")0 feet up, mainly composed of walnut leaf-stems without special lining; eggs 2-3, 

 1.04-0.95 X 0.77-0.72, creamy white, heavily and profusely spotted and blotched or streaked 

 with light and dark purplish-browns, thus resembling those of Myiarchus; laid in July 

 and August. 



