Notes on Nebraska Birds 141 



The Missouri River as Omaha, according to L. Skew, I. S. Trostler 

 and others. 



Hammond F\ycatcher E)upi(Ionax hammondii (Xantus). 



The only state recoi-d of this bird, previously unpublished, is. 

 that of a specimen collected at Crawford, Nebraska, September 17, 

 1911, by J. T. Zimmer, and now No. 531 of his collection. It is a 

 male, and clearly shows the characters of the species — chest dark, 

 throat grayish, outer primary slightly longer than fifth primary, 

 emarginate tail with outer web of outer rectrix whitish, etc.. while 

 the bill is conspicuously shorter and narrower than in trailUi or 

 »nni)niis. It is probable that this species occurs more or less reg- 

 ularly, though in small numbers, in northwestern Nebraska during 

 migrations, as the species nests in the mountains of Wyoming and 

 Colorado, from the plains up to 8,000 feet elevation. 



(Empidouax urightii Baird. Wright Flycatcher. In 1901 Mer- 

 ritt Cary .-ecorded what he called the Traill Flycatcher {E. traiUii) 

 as frequently seen around the rim rock in the rocky heads of can- 

 yons among the " wait-a-bit " brush of the western slopes of the 

 Elk Mountain region of South Dakota, southeast of Newcastle. Wy- 

 oming, uttering at short intervals Its sharp " kr-uick\ ke-wick " 

 (Auk, xviii, p. 233). However, a male specimen collected by Cary 

 at Elk Mountain, June 10, 1900, proves to be E. urightii as deter- 

 mined by Dr. H. C. Oberholser and there is also a female ivrigJitii, 

 collected by Cary at the same place three days earlier, before us. 

 His description of the note of the bird agrees with the note of 

 ivrightii and not of traillii. E. nriglitii has also been taken at 

 Cheyenne, Wyoming, and almost without question will eventually 

 be found migrating through the Pine Ridge of northwestern Ne- 

 braska.) 



