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The type specimen, No. 20423 (PI. 2, Fig-. 34), from a set of three eggs, 

 Bendire coneetion, one of tlie smaller and lighter-marked eggs, was taken by 

 the writer near Tucson, Arizona, June 1, 1872; No. 21036 (PI. 2, Fig. 35), also 

 from a set of thi'ee eggs, represents one of the larger and more heavily marked 

 sjtecimens. It was taken by Dr. James C. Merrill, United States Army, near 

 Brownsville, Texas, May 29, 1877. 



122. Ornithion imberbe (Sclater). 



BEARDLESS FLYCATCHER. 



Camptftstnma imherhr SCLATER, Proceedings Zoological Society, 1857, 203. 

 Ornithion imhvrhe LAWRENCE, Ibis, 1870, 407. 



(B — , C — , R 331, C 393, U 472.) 



Geographical range: Central America autl eastern Mexico; north to the lower 

 Rio Grande Valley, Texas. 



The Beardless Flycatcher, one of the smallest of the Tyrannida; fonnd within 

 the borders of the United States, was added to our fauna by Mr. G. B. Sennett, 

 ^\■llo took a specimen near Lomita Ranch, Texas, on April 24, 1879, where it 

 appears to be a rather rare sunnner visittn-. Mr. Sennett makes the following 

 remarks: "I have little to saj' of the habits of this species. Sly single specimen 

 was shot on April 24 in a low l)ush distant from woods. No others were observed. 

 It was an adidt male, in fine plumage, and its testes showed the breeding season 

 to be close at hand. Its diminutive size and yellow commissure led me at first to 

 think it the young of some other species, but I fortunately perceived my error, 

 and was careful to preserve what proves to be the best find of the trip, one which 

 adds to our fauna a new genus and species never suspected to occur so far north.'" 



I believe the nest and eggs of this interesting little Flycatcher still remain 

 luiknown. 



123. Ornithion imberbe ridgwayi Brewster, 

 ridgway's flycatcher. 



Ornithion imberbe ridgwai/i Brewster, Bulletin Nuttall Ornithological Club, VII, October, 



1SS2, 208. 



(B _, C — , R — , C — , IT 472a.) 



Geographical range: Northern Mexico, from Puebla and Jalisco; north to south- 

 ern jVrizona. 



Ridgway's Flycatcher is another comparatively recent addition to our 

 fauna, and was first described by Mr. William Brewster in the "Bulletin of the 

 Nuttall Ornithological Club" (Vol. VII, 1882, pp. 208, 209), from specimens 



' ' HuUetiii 11. S. Geological and Geographical Survey, Vol. V, No. S, )>. 400. 



