NESTS AND EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



resemble those of iM. Crinitus. I take this to be the Rufous-tailed Crested 



Flycatcher, M. C. eVythrOCej-CUS. Hab. Lower Rio Grande of Texas and southward. 



ZWa. Cooper's Flycatcher — myiarchus mexicanus cooperi. The 

 eggs closely resemble those of M. crinitus in ground color and markings. 



Nesting habits Similar. Hab. Me.xico and over the United States border; Arizona. 



312. Great-crested Flycatcher — myiarchus crinitus. Remarkable for 

 their coloration, having a ground of buffy-brown, streaked longitudinally 

 by lines sharp and scratchy in style, and markings of purple and darker 

 brown; four to six; .82 by .62. The eggs are so peculiar in their style of 

 markings that they may be easily identified, and all the eggs of the North 

 American species of this genus, Myiarchus, are alike in character. The 

 Great-crested Flycatcher breeds throughout its United States range. It 

 builds in the hollows of trees, post-holes, and even Bluebird and Martin 

 boxes are sometimes occupied. The nest is made of slender twigs, grasses, 

 fine stems and rootlets, and cast-off snake-skins are invariably found among 

 the materials. 



Hab. Eastern United States; west to Missouri and Kansas, Arkansas and Texas, north to Massachusetts; 

 Mexico and Central America in winter. 



313. Ash-throated Flycatcher — myiarchus cinerascens. Buffy-brown, 

 with a pinkish hue, the markings are more oblong plashes of irregular 

 shape, and there are more and larger blotches of a light purplish brown 

 than in the eggs of the Great-crested Flycatcher; four or five, size about 

 .83 by .68. Nesting same as the Great-crested. 



Hab. Southwestern United States, north to Wyoming Utah and Nevada, south through Mexico; east and 

 west from Texas to the Pacific. 



315. Phoebe Bfrd; Pewee — sayornis fuscus. Pure white, sometimes 

 sparsely spotted with reddish-brown at the larger end ; ordinarily four or 

 five in number, size .70 by .52. The familiar Phrebe Bird is an abundant 

 species in open places, in fields and along streams, throughout Eastern 

 United States and British Provinces. The original situation of the nest 

 is the face of an upright rock, usually over water, and the rock itself is 

 sometimes moss-grown and dripping with water. It is often affixed 

 beneath a projecting shelf or in a cranny or retiring angle; quite frequently 

 in stone culverts, bridges, under the roofs and against the walls of old 

 houses and barns. The nest, like that of the Barn Swallow, is composed 

 of mixed mud and vegetable substances, but is much neater and more 

 compact; moss is one of the materials generally used. Two nests which 

 I have found in culverts over running water, and where it was very damp, 



