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867. C. virens (L.). Wood Pewee. Rictal bristles half length 

 of bill ; wing bands whitish or rusty ; olive brown above ; pale or 

 yellowish below ; lower mandible usually pale. L. 6L W. 3L T. 

 2f . B. \. U. S., very abundant ; known from the common Pewee 

 by its drawling notes. (Lat., greenish.) 



868. C. richardsoni (Swainson). Darker and less olivaceous, 

 more gray below; bill dusky below. L. 6£. W. 3£. T. 2f. N". \Y.. 

 E. to Wis. ; nearly like the preceding, but the notes and nesting 

 different. (To John Richardson.) 



457. EMPIDONAX Cabanis. (efurir, gnat; Smoking.) 

 a. Lower parts distinctly yellow. 



869. E. flaviventria Baird. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 

 Clear olive green ; yellow below, becoming bright yellow (not 

 merely slightly yellowish as in the others) on the belly ; first pri- 

 mary about equal to sixth ; feet as in acadicus : bill vellow below. 

 L. 51. W. 2|. T. 2\. B. \. Ts. f. E. X. Am. (Lat., Jiavus, 

 yellow; venter, belly.) 



aa. Lower parts not distinctly yellow. 



870. E. acadicus (Gmelin). Small Greex-crested Fly- 

 catcher. Clear olive green, wing bands buffv; whitish or slightly 

 yellowish below ; yellowish ring about eyes ; bill pale below ; pri- 

 maries nearly an inch longer than secondaries; 2d, 3d and 4th pri- 

 maries nearly equal, and much longer than 1st and 5th; 1st much 

 longer that 6th. L. 6. W. 3. T. 2f. Ts. f. Tel. \. B. f. 

 E. U. S., frequent. 



871. E. pusillus (Swainson). Olive brown, duller than pre- 

 ceding; bill pale below; 5th primary about as long as 4th, 1st not 

 much longer than 6th ; middle toe § length of tarsus ; longest pri- 

 mary | inch longer than secondaries. L. of. W. 2-f. T. 2-J-. B. f . 

 Ts. J. Tel. f . U. S., represented E. by the more olivaceous var. 

 trailli Audubon. (Lat., petty.) 



872. E. minimus Laird. Least Flycatcher. Olive gray; 

 bill blackish below ; winirs like preceding, but longest primary but 

 \ inch longer than secondaries ; middle toe half as long as tarsus ; 

 tail slightly emarginate. L. 5. W. 2\. T. 2\. B. \. Ts. f. 

 E. X Am., abundant ; very similar to the last, known by the meas- 

 urements. (Lat., least.) 



Family CLXIV. ALATJDID^E. (The Larks.) 



First primary very short or obsolete. Tarsus obtuse and scutel- 

 late behind as well as in front (a character singular among Oscines). 

 Bill short, of various forms in different species; nostrils concealed 

 by tufts of antrose feathers : hind claw very long and nearly straight ; 

 inner secondaries lengthened and flowing. About 100 species, 



