BLACK-CRESTED FLYCATCHER 



more grayish, the middle feathers darker and 

 elongated; hindneck and sides of neck and head, 

 gray; tail dark grayish brown tipped with paler; 

 chin, throat and chest pale gray, changing rather 

 abruptly to pale yellow on the rest of under parts. 

 No conspicuous light wing bars. 



The commonest of the genus and a bird of 

 rather subdued coloration (no rufous on wings 

 and tail and no black cap) with a fairly long bill 

 and tail, and a slightly crested head. It is of 

 quiet habits, usually sitting rather low in the 

 trees, often uttering a single lisping whistle. 

 "Found in low bushes along the river bank and 

 seashore." (Jewel.) 



47. Myiarchus tuberculifer brunneiceps 



Lawrence 

 Black-crested Flycatcher 



Myiarchus nigriceps RIDGWAY, Birds of N. and M. Amer., 

 IV, p. 650, 1907; STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. Mat. Sci., 

 1918, p. 267. 



Sexes alike. Length, 145 mm. (5.70 in.) : tail, 

 73 mm. (2.85 in.). Top of head sooty black; 

 remaining upper parts dark greenish olive; sides 

 of neck and ear coverts grayish black; wings and 

 tail grayish brown; cheeks, chin, throat and chest 

 ashy, the breast and abdomen becoming rather 

 abruptly light yellow. No conspicuous wing 

 bars. Bill rather long and straight. 



Jewel records it from Gatun. A bird of moder- 

 ately slender build with a fairly long tail, rather 

 large head and long bill. 

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