86 EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



466a. Tealll's Flycatcher, Empidonax pusillus trailli. 

 Eggs, itulistinguishable from those of No. 466. Nests also sim- 

 ilar, but are, as a rule, placed in bushes. Breeds in Eastern 

 North America, from Northern New England and Northern 

 Ne\y York, Ohio, Southern Illinois, and Missouri, northward, 

 in June. 



467. Least Flycatcher, Empidonax mifiimus. (Type, 

 Plate IX,) Eggs, 3 or 4, varying from short oval to rounded 

 oval, yellowish white, usually unspotted, but rarely dotted 

 faintly with reddish brown ; .50 -\- .60 to .52 -\- .65. Nests 

 placed in trees, usually in open situations; composed of dried 

 grass, woody fibres, cotton, etc., neatly woven together, lined 

 with horse-hair and feathers. Breeds in Eastern North Amer- 

 ica, from the Middle States and New England northward, in 

 June. 



468. Hammond's Flycatcher, Empidonax hammondi. 

 Eggs, 3 or 4, short oval, creamy white, spotted and blotched, 

 usually on the larger end, with reddish brown ; .52 -|- .68 to 

 .70 -\- .50. Nests placed in trees, composed of sticks and 

 bark, lined with hair and feathers. Breeds in Western North 

 America, from the western border of the plains, westward, 

 north to the Lesser Slave Lake, in June. 



469. Wright's Flycatcher, Empidonax ohscurus. Eggs, 

 3 or 4, rounded oval, creamy or yellowish white, usually un- 

 spotted ; .60 -j- .73 to .62 -f- .75. Nests placed in trees; com- 

 posed of strips of bark and the hempen fibres of various plants, 

 lined with fine material of the same description. Breeds in 

 Western United States, north to Oregon and Montana, in 

 June. 



470. Fulvous Flycatcher, Empidonax fuhifrons. Eggs, 

 unknown. Extralimital. Breeds, probably, in Northeastern 

 Mexico ; bird accidental in Texas. 



470a. Buff-breasted Flycatcher, Empidonax fulmfrons 

 pygmmus. Eggs are, I think, unknown. Breeds in Western 

 New Mexico and Southern Arizona, southward into Mexico. 



