152 PASSERES: Perching Birds 



HAMMOND FLYCATCHER 



(468. Empidonax hammondi) 5| in. 



Back olive; throat grayish; breast olive-gray; belly yellowish 

 or gray; wing-bars dull gray. 



WRIGHT FLYCATCHER 



(469. Empidonax wrighti) 5| in. 



Closely similar to the Hammond, but usually grayer; throat 

 nearly white; wing-bars whitish. 



VERMILION FLYCATCHER 



(471. Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus) 5f in. 



Male: Entire under parts and thick crest scarlet; otherwise 

 gray-brown, wings and tail darker. 



Female: Brownish gray above; soiled white below, with breast 

 gray-streaked and belly pale yellowish. 



An interesting and unique breeding antic is that of the male, 

 in mounting high in air, then, with puffed-out chest and head 

 thrown back, slowly fluttering and twittering back to earth. 



BUFF-BREASTED FLYCATCHER See Appendix. 



(470a. Empidonax fulvifrons pygmaeus) 5 in. 



GRAY FLYCATCHER See Appendix. 



(469.1. Empidonax griseus) 6 in. 



