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ORDER PASSBRBS : PERCHING BIRDS. 



(FAMILIES COTINGID.E, TYRANNISE, ALAUDID^E, CORVID^E, 

 STURNID.E, ICTERID^J, FRINGILLID^E, TANAGRIDJE, HIRUN- 

 DINID^E, AMPELID^E, LANIIDJE, VIREONID^E, MNIOTILTI- 

 D^E, MOTACILLID^J, ClNCLID^E, TROGLODYTID^E, CERTHIID^E, 

 PARID^E, SYLVIID^E, TURDIDJE, ETC.) 



FAMILY COTINGIDJE: COTINGAS. 



GENUS PLATYPSARIS. 



441.1. Platypsaris albiventris (Lawr.). XANTUS BECARD. 



Nostrils partly hidden by bristly feathers ; tip of bill slightly hooked ; 

 second quill in male small or rudimentary. 

 Adult male : throat mainly rose pink ; rest of 

 under parts gray, fading 1 to white below ; 

 top of head black ; rest of upper parts slate 

 gray, paler on forehead and back of, neck. 

 Adult female and young male : top of head slaty ; rest of upper parts brown- 

 ish gray or grayish brown ; under parts shading from deep brown to 

 whitish. Length : 6.50-7.00, wing 3.40-3.68, tail 2.70-3.00, exposed cul- 

 men, .5S-.65. 



Distribution. Western Mexico ; recorded from Huachuca Mountains, 

 Arizona. 



As Mr. W. W. Price found an adult male becard in the Huachuca 

 Mountains, Arizona, in breeding plumage, apparently accompanied 

 by its mate, the interesting birds will doubtless be found breeding in 

 the mountains of southern Arizona. 



FAMILY TYRANNID-SJ: TYRANT FLYCATCHERS. 



KEY TO GENERA. 



1. Tail edged or tipped with white. 



2. Tail deeply forked Muscivora, p. 246. 



2'. Tail not forked Tyrannus, p. 247. 



1'. Tail not edged or tipped with white. 



2. Upper mandible curved on both edges .... Ornithion, p. 265. 

 2 '.Upper mandible straight for most of its length. 



3. Tail marked with rufous or rusty (except sometimes Myiarchus 



lawrencei olivascens). 



4. Breast ash gray in contrast to yellow belly. Myiarchus, p. 251. 

 4'. Breast yellow like belly ; throat white. 



5. Streaked Myiodynastes, p. 250. 



5'. Not streaked Fitangus, p. 250. 



3' . Tail not marked with rufous or rusty. 



4. Wing at least six times as long as tarsus . . Contopus, p. 256. 

 4'. Wing not more than five times as long as tarsus. 



5. Sexes different, male scarlet, females and young grayish 

 brown Fyrocephalus,p. 264. 



