NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS EGGS. 



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449. Derby Flycatcher. Pitangus derbianus. 



Range. Mexico and Central America, breeding north to southern Texas. 



This handsome bird is the largest of the Flycatcher 

 family found in the United States, being 11 inches in 

 length. It has a black crown enclosing a yellow crown 

 patch; a broad black stripe from the bill, through the 

 eye and around the back of the head, is separated from 

 the crown by a white forehead and line over the eye; 

 the throat is white shading into yellow on the under- 

 parts. They are abundant in the interior of Mexico, 

 but can hardly be classed as common over our border, 

 where they nest in limited numbers. Their nests are unlike those of any of our 

 other Flycatchers being large masses of moss, weeds and grass, arched over on 

 top and with the entrance on the side. The three or four eggs are creamy white, 

 sprinkled chiefly about the large end with small reddish brown or umber spots; 

 size 1.15 x .85. 



[Creamy white.] 



[450.] Giraud Flycatcher. My iozetetes similis super ciliosus. 



Range. Mexico and 

 Central America, north 

 casually to southern 

 Texas. 



This species is ad- 

 mitted to our fauna on ' 

 the authority of J. P. 

 Giraud, although for 

 many years it has not 

 been found within our 

 range. They are very 

 common in the southern 

 parts of Mexico, where 

 they nest about the 

 houses, but preferably 

 in bushes growing on 

 the banks of streams. 

 Like the last species, 

 this one builds at a low 

 elevation, generally un- 

 der twenty feet from the 

 ground. Their nests, 

 too, are like those of the 

 Derby Flycatcher, the 

 entrance being on the 

 side. The two or three 

 eggs have a creamy 

 white ground and are 

 sparingly marked over 

 the whole egg with small 

 spots of brown, some 

 specimens being of the 

 shape and appearance of 

 those of the last species, 

 but smaller. Size .95 x NEST AND EGGS OF CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 

 .65. 



