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edges. Length about 8.00; wing,. 4.45 ; tail, 3 90 ; depth of its fork, .35 ; culmen, .92 ; 

 tarsus, .70. Rictal bristles long, about half the bill ; lower mandible whitish. Young. 

 Similar, but with a stronger ochraceous tinge on the abdomen and lining of the wings, 

 and two distinct ochraceous bands across the wing. 



Hab. Mexico generally, into southern boi'ders of United States (Fort Whipple, 

 Arizona; Dr. Coues). 



Habits. Dr. Cones found this species a rare summer resident at Fort 

 Whipple, where a single specimen was taken August 20, in good plumage. 

 This was its first introduction into the fauna of tlie United States. It is one 

 of several Mexican and peninsular birds found in Upper Arizona, probably- 

 following the course of the valley of the Great Colorado Eiver. No observa- 

 tions were made in reference to its habits. 



This species is abundant in the Department of Vera Cruz, according to 

 Mr. Sumichrast, who gives it as confined to the alpine region. He found 

 both it and C. virens common in the mountains of Orizaba, between the 

 height of 3,600 and 7,500 feet. 



Contopus virens, Cabanis. 



WOOD PEWEE. 



Muscimpa virens, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 327. — Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 936. — 

 Latham, Index Orn. — Light. Verz. 1823, 563. — Nuttall, Man. I, 1832, 285. — 

 AvD. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 93 ; V, 1839, 425, pi. cxv. — Ib. Synopsis, 1839, 42. — Ib. 

 Birds Am. I, 1840, 231, pi. Ixiv. — Giraud, Birds L. Island, 1844, 43. Muscicapa 

 querula, ViEiLLOT, Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 68, pi. xxxix (not of Wilson). Muscicapa 

 rapax, Wilson, Am. Orn. II, 1810, 81, pi. xiii, f. 5. Tyrannula virens, Rich. App. 

 Back's Voyage. — Bonap. List. 1838. Myiohius virens. Gray. Tyrannus virens, 

 Nuttall, Man. I, (2d ed.,) 1840, 316. Contopjus virens, Cabanis, Journal fiir Or- 

 nithologie, III, Nov. 1855, 479. — Baird, Birds N. Am. 1858, 190. — Sclater, Catal. 

 1862, 231. — Samuels, 137. 



Sp. Char. The second quill longest ; the third a little shorter ; the first shorter than 

 the fourth ; the latter nearly .40 longer than the fifth. The primaries more than an inch 

 longer than the secondaries. The upper parts, sides of the head, neck, and breast, dark 

 olivaceous-brown, the latter rather paler, the head darker. A narrow white ring round 

 the eye. The lower parts pale yelloAvish, deepest on the abdomen ; across the breast 

 tinged with ash. This pale ash sometimes occupies the whole of the breast, and even 

 occasionally extends up to the chin. It is also sometimes glossed with olivaceous. The 

 wings and tail dark brown ; generally deeper than in S. fuscus. Two narrow bands 

 across the wing, the outer edge of first primary and of the secondaries and tertials, dull 

 white. The edges of the tail-feathers like the back ; the outer one scarcely lighter. 

 Upper mandible black ; the lower yellow, but brown at the tip. Length, 6.15; Aving, 

 3.50 ; tail, 3.05. 



Hab. Eastern North America to the borders of the high Central Plains. Localities : 

 ? Guatemala (Sol. Ibis, I, 122) ; Mexico (Sol. Ibis, I, 441); Cuba? (Cab. J. Ill, 479; 

 Gundl. Rep. 1865, 239); Costa Rica (Cab. J. 1861, 248; Lawr. IX, 115); Coban (Sol. 

 List) ; Vera Cruz, alpine region, breeds (Sum. M. Bost. Soc. I, 557) ; San Antonio, Texas 

 and Eastern Texas (Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 474, breeds). 



