TYRANNID^ : FLYCATCHERS. 



GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 



Myiarchus crinitus {L.) Cab. 



Chars. Head crested, but no colored crown-patch ; no primaries 

 emarginate. Upper parts olivaceous ; throat and fore-breast pure 

 ash; other under parts bright yellow; primaries conspicuously 

 edged with chestnut ; tail feathers dusky, with nearly the whole 

 inner webs chestnut; bill blackish; feet black. Length 8.50- 

 9.00; extent, 13.00-13.50; wing and tail, each, about 4.00; bill 

 and tarsus, each, about 0.75. 



It is not easy 

 to outline the dis- 

 tribution of this 

 bird in New Eng- 

 land with a firm 

 hand, or in few 

 words to indicate 

 clearly the man- 

 ner of its occur- 

 rence. Though 

 the records are 

 numerous, they 

 are far from coin- 

 cident, and often 

 conflicting. The 

 species belongs to 

 a thoroughly 

 tropical genus, 



Fig. 3. -Generic details of smaller Flycatchers: a, ^aving nUmCrOUS 

 Myiarchus; b, Sayiornis ; c, Contopus ; d, Empido- spCCicS in Central 



and South Amer- 

 ica, but only one which occurs in the United States 

 at large. If, therefore, it were a bird of migration 



