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SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. —PASSEEES — CLAMATORES. 



not shorter or rather longer than middle toe and claw. Coloration black and white, cinna- 

 mon-brown, or olivaceous Sayiomis 121 



Tail decidedly shorter than wing, a little forked. Bill broad and flat. Tarsus shorter than 



middle toe and claw. Olivaceous; length 6.25 or more Contopus 122 



Tail a little shorter than wing, about even. Bill flat. Tarsus not shorter or rather longer 

 than middle toe and claw. Coloration olivaceous and yellowish, but no red, buflf or pure 



brown. Length 6.25 or less — usually under 6.00 Empidonax 123 



Tail, etc., as in Empidonax, from which scarcely different. Coloration more brownish- 

 olive, buffy below. Very small Mitrephanes 124 



Tail and tarsus as in Empidonax. Bill narrow. Hind not longer than lateral toe. Sexes 



unlike, cf full-cresteil, vermilion and pure brown Pyrocephalus 126 



Bill compressed, quite parine in appearance, unbristled, unnotched. General color ashy, with yellow 



lining of wings. Very small: length under 5.00 Omithium 125 



Obs. Besides the above, another genus and species doubtless occurs in Texas: Myiozetetes texensis. Bill 

 short, stout, very broad at base, with curved culmen, hooked and notched tip, and heavily-bristled rictus. Pi i- 

 maries not eniargiuate; 2d, 3d, 4th longest, 5th shorter; 1st about equal to 6th. Tail shorter than wings, nearly 

 square. Feet siuiall ; tarsus rather less than middle toe and claw. Above, olive ; wings and tail brown, with j'el- 

 lowish edging of the quills. Under parts, including lining of wings, bright pure yellow; throat definitely white. 

 Top and sides of head gray, hoary on forehead and over eyes, dusky on lores and auriculars, enclosing a flame and 

 yellow crown-spot. Bill and feet black. Length about 7.00; wing 3.50 ; tail 3.00; bill 0.60; tarsus 0.75; middle 

 toe and claw 0.85. 



J 1 6 PITAN'GUS. ( Vox barb. ; a Mexican or S. Am. name of some bird.) Derby Flycatchers. 

 Outer primaries not emarginate. An orange crown patch. Bill as long as head, exceeding the 

 tarsus, straight, stout, but narrow, as deep as broad at the nostrils, with ridged culmen straight 

 to the hooked end ; gonys about straight, ascending ; commissure and also lateral outlines 

 perfectly straight. Nostrils rounded, nearer commissure than culmen. Wings rounded, tipped 

 by 3d-5th quills; 2d and 6th about equal and shorter, 1st only about equal to 9th. Tail 

 shorter than wings, nearly even, but somewhat double-rounded. Tarsus about as long as 

 middle toe and claw. Largest-bodied of any N. Am. flycatcher. Brown above, yellow 

 below, with black, white, and orange head ; quills and tail-feathers extensively chestnut, as in 

 Ilyiarchus. Mexican ; lately found in Texas. 

 364. P. derbia'nus. (To Lord Derby. Fig. 281.) Derby Flycatcher. Upi>er parts light 

 wood-brown, with an olive tinge ; wings and tail the same, but the feathers extensively 



bordered without and within with 

 chestnut, forming a conspicuous 

 continuous area on the wing- 

 quiUs in the closed wing, and on 

 U^:__ most of the wing and tail-feathers 



more extensive than the brown 

 portion of the inner webs. Be- 

 _^ low from the breast, including 



lining of wings, clear and con- 

 tinuous lemon-yellow. Whole 

 chin and throat pure white, wid- 

 ening behind up under ear-cov 

 erts. Top and sides of head 

 *S^ black, a circle of white from fore- 

 FiG. 281. —Derby Flycatcher, nat. size. (Ad nat. del. E. C.) head over eyes to nape white, the 



enclosed black enclosing a lemon and orange patch. Or, middle of crown yellow and orange, 

 enclosed and partly concealed in black, this black enclosed in white, then the long and broad 

 black bar on side of head, separating the white of side of crown from that of side of throat. 

 The coronal feathers lengthened and erectile as in a king-bird, or more so ; crowu-patch of 

 same character but more extensive. Bill and feet black ; iris hazel. Sexes alike. Length 

 of male about 10.50; wing about 5.00; tail about 4-.00 ; bill 1.20; tarsus 1.00. A great 



