EQUINOCTIAL FLYCATCHER 



broad bill and characteristic head markings. 

 Rare, recorded from Lion Hill. 



3. Craspedoprion aequinoctialis bardus 

 Bangs and Barbour 



Equinoctial Flycatcher 



Craspedoprion aquinoctialis RIDGWAY, Birds of N. and 

 M. Amer., IV, p. 387, 1907; STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., 1918, p. 263. 



Male. Length 150 mm. (5.90 in.) ; tail 62 mm. 

 (2.45 in.). Above olive green with fairly con- 



FIG. 56. Craspedoprion (Equlnoctialis bardus 

 (Nat. Size) 



spicuous yellowish wing bars and edgings to the 

 wing quills; a whitish eye ring; most of under 

 parts olive with a yellowish cast and indistinct 

 darker streaks, especially on the sides, shading 

 into pale yellow on the abdomen. Bill very 

 broad, its tip distinctly hooked; black above. 

 Female. Similar to male but smaller. 

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