Rrewstkk (;;/ a (^'oJlcciicDi of Arizona Birds. -07 



passing into dusky at the tip. unci in tliis respect differ tVoni some more 

 northern ones in wliich the part is flesh-color. 



113. Empidonax fulvifrons pallescens Coues. Buff- 

 breasted Fi,vcatch?:r. — \ single !>pecimen from the Santa 

 Rita Mountains is accompanied by the following remarks : ''Rare 

 here ; more numerous in the Chiricahua Mountains last season 

 [1H80] ; and rather common near Fort Bayard, New Mexico, in 

 1876. One of its notes is a chirp similar to a Warbler's." 



395, (J ad.. Santa Rita Mountains, May 17. Length. 5.TCK extent, 7.90. 

 "Iris dark brown ; bill black, yellow below: legs black." 



114. Pyrocephalus rubineus mexicanus {Scl.) Coues. 

 Vermilion Flycatcher. — This beautiful species was found at 

 Cienega Station in April : near Tucson and among the Santa 

 Rita Mountains during May ; and about Camp Lowell in early 

 June. In all these localities it was abundant among undergrowth, 

 usually near water. ••Their motions resemble those of other 

 Flycatchers, excepting that they have a habit of poising over 

 one spot for several seconds at a time, maintaining their position 

 bv a rapid fluttering of the wings very nearly in the manner of a 

 vSparrow Hawk." 



A nest taken April 2^ 'it Tucson, was placed in the horizontal 

 fork of a stout mesquite branch to which it was attached in 

 such a manner that its upper surface was flush with that of 

 the embracing supports. This nest is composed outwardly of 

 small twigs, and is lined with horse and cow hair and a few 

 feathers. It entirelv lacks the exterior coating ot lichens 

 spoken of bv Dr. Merrill.* but in other respects it agrees well 

 with his description of tHe Fort Brown (Texas) specimen. 

 The three eggs which it contained are creamy white with 

 rounded blotches of brown and pale lilac wreathed about their 

 larger ends. They measure respectively .72 X -53^ -7^ X .53, 

 .70 X -S-- IsIy. Stephens found other nests similar in con- 

 struction and position to the present one. He considers three 

 eggs the full complement. 



yuv.. first pl/iinage, J (No. 61 53 (Coll.'s No. 466) Camp Lowell, June i). 

 Above similar to the adult female, but with the rump golden-brown ; the 

 wing-coverts and outer webs of the secondaries, brownish-fulvous; and 

 the feathers of the occiput, nape and interscapular region tipped with 

 browjiish-white; beneath white with a tinge of lemon-yellow on the 



* Proceedings U. S. Nat. .Mus., \'ol. I, p. 142. 



