326 AORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



middle coverts and broad white edgings to greater coverts and tcrtials; tail 

 black, the feathers broadly tipped with white (decreasing in width toward 

 middle pair) ; sides of bead and entire lower parts plain light ash-gray, nearly 

 ■white on throat, middle of bellj-, and under tail-covorts. Adult female : Top 

 of head glossj- black, mixed with rusty, especially on forehead ; wings dusk}-, 

 the middle and greater coverts broadly tipped, and other wing-feathers edged, 

 with tawny ochraceous; rest of upper parts plain bright tawnj', or tawny 

 ochraccous, the tail-feathers with a broad subterminal patch of black; sides 

 of head and entire lower parts uniform huffy ochraceous. Young male : Simi- 

 lar to adult female, but paler and more yellowish beneath. Length about 

 6.25-7.00, wing 3.10-3.25, tail 2.60-2.70, exposed culmen .50-.G0, tarsus .70-.80. 

 Hub. Eastern Mexico (north to Rio Grande Valley) and south to Guatemala. 



P. major (Cab.). Thick-billed Becard.' 

 a'. Wings and tail unicolored (plain ru.sty or tawny rufous); sexes alike in color 

 (the adult male being distinguished by rudimentarj- second primary). 

 Above uniform deep tawny rufous, darker on top of head ; lower parts 

 entirely ]ilain tawny ochraceous, paler on chin and middle of bellj- ; length 

 about 5.25-5.50. wing 3.00-3.10, tail 2.45-2.60, exposed culmen .45-.50, tar- 

 sus .75-.80. JIab. Central America (Guatemala to Colombia). 



P. cinnamomeus Lawr. Rufous Becard.' 



F.\MiLY TYRANNIDyE.— The Tyrant Fvi.c.\tchers. (Page 321.) 



Genera. 



o\ Tail much longer than wing, very deeply forked Milvulus. (Page 327.) 



a-. Tail not longer than wing, not deeply forked. 



i'. Bill from nostril more than half as long as tarsus, the culmen straight for 

 most of its length. 

 c\ Adults with a bright-colored (yellow, orange, or red) concealed patch 

 on crown ; tarsus not longer than middle toe, with claw. 

 cP. Plumage not striped. 



e\ Bill broad at base, its width at nostrils much more than half 

 the distance from nostril to tip; aihilts with outer quills 



abruptly narrowed at tip Tyrannus. (Pago 328.) 



e'. Bill narrow at base, its width at nostrils not more than half 

 the distance from nostril to tip; ailults with outer quills 



not narrowed at tip Pitangus. (Pago 330.) 



(P. Plumage consiucuously striped. (Wing about 4.50.) 



Myiodynastes. (Page 331.) 

 c'. Adults without bright-colored patch on crown; tarsus longer than 



' nalhmiriunii major Cab., Woigm. Aroliiv, I'l", i. 213. Pachi/rhamphut major ScL., P. Z. S. 1867, 78. 

 » Parht/rliamphut ciiinamnmnit Lawr., Ann. Lye. X. Y. vii. 1861, 295. 



