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278. Empidonax virescens. Green-crested Flycatcher. 



Eastern section of the State, summer resident, breeding south to 

 Houston and San Antonio. Recorded from Fort Clark as late as May 

 15 (Ridgway). Rather common in Anderson and Smith counties in 

 summer. 



279. Empidonax traillii. Traill's Flycatcher. 



The range of this western species extends as far east as Tom Green 

 and Concho counties, where Lloyd recorded it as a tolerably common 

 breeder. The majority of the observers seem to have overlooked this 

 Flycatcher. 



280. Empidonax minimus. Least Flycatcher. 



Eastern section, west to San Angelo. Lloyd records it as possibly 

 breeding at San Angelo, Cooke at Bonham. Recorded from Kendall 

 and Bexar counties in April and May. Winters south of the Mexican 

 border. 

 28 L Empidonax hammondii. Hammond's Flycatcher. 



Western Texas, east during the migrations to Tom Green and Concho 

 counties. Rather abundant in Brewster county in April. 



282. Empidonax wrightii. Wright's Flycatcher. 



The records for this species are exceedingly few. Ridgway records 

 specimens in the U. S. Nat. Museum collection from El Paso county. 

 Tom Green county, in autumn (Lloyd). Rare migrant in the eastern 

 Davis Mountains in April. 



283. Pyrocephalus nibineus mexicanus. Vermilion Flycatcher. 



Southern portion of the State, north to Bexar and Comal counties, 

 where it is a rather common summer resident. Resident on the lower 

 Rio Grande, according to Merrill. In the coast region occurring 

 almost as far north as Corpus Christi. 



284. Camptostoma imberbe. Beardless Flycatcher. 



Casual on the Lower Rio Grande (Lomita, Hidalgo, Rio Crono 

 Grancano [Ridgway] ). 



FAMILY Alaudidae. Larks. 



285. Otocoris alpestris leucolaema. Desert Homed Lark. 



Plains and trans-Pecos regions of Texas, southeast in winter to San 

 Angelo and Del Rio: breeding from the northern boundary of the Pan- 

 handle south to Fort Davis, etc. East to Henrietta. 



