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APPENDIX. 



Sayornis nis^icans. 



Bmpidonax obscurus (II, 381). Dr. Cooper found a few of this species 

 wiuterino" in a large grove of balsam, poplars, and willows, which retained most of 

 their old leaves till spring, near San Buenaventura. Those shot were remarkably 

 oray, and were supposed to have been blown down from the borders of the desert 

 by the violent northeast-wind. 



Pyrocephalus mexicanus (II, 387). Captain Bendire found the Red 

 Flycatcher quite abundant in Southern Arizona, where they breed as eai'ly as 

 April. They were most common in the neighborhood of Reledo Creek, near 

 Tucson, and were generally found in the neighborhood of water. Their nests were 

 in various situations, in one instance in a cottonwood-tree thirty feet from the 

 ground, in another in the forks of a mesquite not more than ten feet from the 

 o-round. The nests were small, slight, and loosely made, and not readily preserved. 

 They were made externally of twigs, fine bark, stems of plants, etc., and lined with 

 hair and feathers. The usual number of eggs was three, and never more. Except 

 in size these bear a close resemblance to the eggs of Milvulus forficatus. Their 

 ground is a rich cream-color, to which the deep purplish-brown markings with 

 which they are blotched imparts a slight tinge of red. These markings are few, 

 bold, and conspicuous, and encircle the larger end with an almost continuous ring. 

 In shape they are of a roundish oval, and measure .Q() of an inch in length by .55 

 in breadth. The nest and eggs of this species were also obtained at Cape St. Lucas 

 by Mr. John Xantus, and the eggs correspond. Dr. Cooper found two male birds of 

 this species in a grove near the mouth of the Santa Clara River, six miles from San 

 Buenaventura, in October, 1872. They had obtained their perfect plumage, but 

 seemed to be young birds. They hunted insects much like a Sayornis, and uttered 

 only a faint chirp. 



Chordeiles popetue, var. minor (II, 400). Specimens from Miami, Florida, 

 collected by ilr. Maynard, agree very nearly with typical examples of var. minor 

 from Cuba, both in size and color, and shoiild possibly be referred to that race. 

 A male (7,414, Mus. C. J. M.) measures: wing, 7.00; tail, 4.15. The colors are 

 those of var. popetue, with less rufous than in the single specimen of minor with 

 which it has been compared. 



