lOO BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



sides of the breast ; wings, brown ; secondaries and coverts edged 

 with dull white ; under wing-coverts, pale yellow ; tail, brown ; 

 feathers faintly tipped and edged with dull white ; upper tail-coverts 

 edged with pale rufous. 



Length 8.50, wing 4.75, tail 3.75, tarsus .48, bill i, broad and 

 stout. 



This Flycatcher is an abundant summer visitant, and perhaps a 

 resident. After May 15, we found it common on all the islands 

 south of New Providence. Never having found its nest, I am 

 unable to state anything regarding its breeding habits. Its food 

 consists principally of insects of different species, which it pursues 

 and catches with great dexterity. 



MIARCHUS STOLIDUS VAR. LEUCAYSIENSIS. (Gosse.) Bryant. 

 Rufous-tailed Flycatcher. 



Winter Plumage, Male. — Above, brownish olive, becoming darker 

 upon the head, and shading into rufous on the rump ; under parts, 

 ashy white, shading into yellowish upon the abdomen and crissum ; 

 wings, dark brown, the coverts tipped and edged with dull white, 

 forming two wing-bands ; the basal half of the outer webs of the 

 primaries, except the first two, edged with rufous, some of the sec- 

 ondaries edged with white ; under wing-coverts, pale yellowish white ; 

 tail, dark brown, the feathers bordered with rufous upon the inner 



