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j'cllowish white. Yoiinj with more rufous on tail, etc., than adults. 2^est usually 

 in holes of trees. Eggs 3-6, curiously marked with fine "pen-lines" and intricate 

 peneillings of black and various shades of rich purplish brown over a buffy or 

 creamy brown. 



«'. Inner wobs of tail-feathers chiefl}' rufous. 



6'. A broad dusky stripe, of uniform width, along inner side of shaft of outer 



tail-feathers. (Above olive, browner on top of head, and more or less 



tinged with rusty on upper tail-coverts ; outer webs of quills edged 



with rusty ; chin, throat, and breast pale ashy, sometimes almost 



white on throat ; rest of under parts pale sulphur-yellow.) 



c\ Smaller: Length about 8.50-9.00, wing 3.80-4.20(4.01), tail 3.80-4.25 



(4.04), bill from nostril .62-.75 (.66), tarsus .82-.92 (.90). Eggs .88 



X -69, averaging much paler than those of M. crinitus. Hah. 



Eastern and southern Mexico, north to lower Rio Grande Valley 



in Texas, south to Guatemala and Salvador. 



453. M. mexicanus (Kadp). Mexican Crested Flycatcher. 



e. Larger: Length about 9.40-10.00, wing 4.04-4.60 (4.30), tail 4.10-4.00 



(4.29), biU from nostril .68-.82 (.73), tarsus .97-1.02 (1.00). Hah. 



Western Mexico, north to southern Arizona; south, in winter, to 



Tehuantepec 453rt. M. mexicanus magister Eidgw. 



Arizona Crested Flycatcher, 

 t'. Without a broad dusky stripe along inner side of shaft of outer tail- 

 feather, except sometimes near tip. 

 c'. Throat and chest deep ash-gray, belly bright sulphur-yellow, back, 

 etc., decidedly olive. 



Length about 8.50-9.00, wing 3.90-4.40, tail 3.50-1.20, bill from 

 nostril .55-65, tarsus .78-.82. Eggs .89 X -69. Hah. Eastern 

 L^nited States, north to southern Canada, west to edge of 

 Great Plains; south, in winter, through eastern Mexico and 

 Central America to Costa Eica. 



452. M. crinitus (Linn.). Crested Flycatcher. 



c*. Throat and chest very pale ashy, sometimes almost white on former ; 



belly pale sulphur-yellow ; back, etc., grayish brown. 



d}. Inner web of outer tail-feather dusky at tip (excepting in young, 



in which tail-feathers arc rufous, with median dusky stripe), the 



outer web distinctly whitish. 



Length about 8.00-8.50. wing 3.80-4.25, tail 3.65-4.20, bill 

 from nostril .52-.60, tarsus .88-95. Eggs .88 X -65, colored 

 and marked like those of M. mcvicnnus. Hah. "Western 

 L^nited States, cast to Eocky Mountains, south over high- 

 lands of Mexico (to lowlands of Tehuantepec in winter). 

 454. M. cinerascens L.\wr. Ash-throated Flycatcher. 

 (P. Inner web of outer taii-feailior without dusky at tip, and outer 

 web not distinctly whitish. 



