344 NORTH AMEIilCAX HfRDS. 



Adult: Above olive, usually more gr.n3"ish anteriorlv, especially 

 on hind-ncek ; wing-bands dull light grayish, more or less tinged 

 with olivo; lower parts varj-ing from dull graj-isb white, 

 fainti}- tinged with yellowish on flanks, etc., to decided olive- 

 yellowish, the breast alwaj-s strongly shaded with olive or 

 olive-grayish, and the throat never distinctly whitish (usually 

 distinctly gi-ayish). Male: Length about 5 50-5.75, wing 2.60- 

 2.80 (2.72), tail 2.80-2.50 (2.38), culmen .53-.59 (.56), bill from 

 nostril .26-.29 (.27), width at base .22-.24 (.23), tarsus .60-.68 

 (.63). Female: Length about 5.25, wing 2.45-2.75 (2.61), tail 

 2.15-2.40 (2.25). Eggs .66 X -51, usually^sligluly dotted. Hab. 

 Western North America, north to Lesser Slave Lake; south, 

 in winter, to southern Mexico. 



468. E. hammondi (X.-vntcs). Hammond's Flycatcher. 



c*. Outer web of outer tail-foalher abru[)tly paler than inner web (usualh- 



distinctlj^ dull whitish) ; culinon .58, or more ; tarsus usually more 



than .70. (Length 5.75-6.40.) 



d\ Colors otherwise much as in E. liammondi, but averaging grayer, 



with paler (often distinctl}' whitish) throat. Male: AVing 



2.70-2.95 (2.83), tail 2.55-2.80 (2.67), culmen .62-.69 (.65), bill 



from nostril .32-38 (.36), width at base .2 1-.27 (.20), tarsus .71- 



.77 (.74). Female : AVing 2.55-2.75 (2.64), tail 2.50-2.65 (2.52). 



Nest usually in aspen bushes, similar in composition, etc., to 



that of E. minimus. Eggs .68 X -52, plain buffy white. Hah. 



AA'estern United States, south to southern Mexico, east to 



Eocky Mountains. 



(50.) 409. E. wrightii B.\ird. Wright's Flycatcher. 



(/'. Peep brownish olive above, tlie wing-bands varying fi'om olivo 



to pale olive-grayish ; lower parts dull j-ellow, shaded across 



breast with olive-brown ; wing 2.92-3.00, tail 2.65-2.75, culmen 



.60, bill from nostril .30, width at base .22-.25, tarsus .68. Hah. 



Southern Mexico (Orizaba ; city of Mexico). 



E. fulvipectus Lawr. Narrow-billed Flycatcher ' 

 a'. Lower parts deep buff, deepening into ochraccous on breast and sides. 

 t'. Upper parts deep hair-brown, tinged with umber. 



e'. Lower parts soft pinkish buff, inclining to isabclla-color on breast, paler 

 on throat and belly, the under tail-coverts nearly white; wing 2.70, 

 tail 2.45, culmen .52. bill from nostril .28, width at base .21, tarsus 

 .60. Hah. Eastern Jfexipo and southern Texas (?). 



470. E. fulvifrons (Oiraud). Fulvous Flycatcher. 



c'. Lower parts bright oohraceous-buff, inclining to deep ochraccous on 



breast, and pale buffy yellow on belly, the throat buffy whitish and 



lower tail-coverts yellowish white ; wing 2.35-2.55 (average 2.43), 



> Empidonax fuUipcctm LAwn., Ann. Lyo. N. Y. \. Feb. 1S71, 11. 



