BLACK-TAILED MYIOBIUS 



34. Myipbius atricaudus atricaudus (Lawrence) 

 Black-tailed Myiobius 



Myiobins barbatus atricaudus RIDGWAY, Birds of N. and 

 M. Amer., IV, p. 488, 1907; STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci., 1918, p. 267. 



Sexes alike. Length, 118 mm. (4.65 in.) ; tail, 

 56 mm. (2.25 in.). Above olive green with a 

 partly concealed yellow crown patch, the rump 

 light sulphur yellow; no wing bars; tail black, 

 its feathers broader than usual in flycatchers; 

 chest and breast olive, shading to lighter and 

 more grayish on throat and to light sulphur 

 yellow on abdomen. Bill of moderate length, 

 slightly curved with unusually long bristles about 

 its base. 



Common in all woodlands, particularly on the 

 Pacific side. It has a habit of spreading its tail 

 as it passes from branch to branch which, with 

 its bright yellow rump, makes it readily seen and 

 recognized. 



35. Myiophobus fasciatus furfurosus 



(Thayer and Bangs) 

 Bran-colored Flycatcher 



Male. Length, 109 mm. (4.30 in.); tail, 

 49 mm. (1.90 in.). Above dull cinnamon brown, 

 the top of the head darker and with a concealed 

 patch of yellow, passing to rufous towards hind- 

 neck; wings dusky with two wide and conspicu- 

 ous bands of brownish buff; tail dusky, slightly 



