TYUANNID.E — THE FLYCATCHERS. 3^7 



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The single Xortli American specii's of this genus is readily distinguished 

 among otlier Flycatchers l>y the bright red of the uniU'r parts. Tlie leniale 

 is quite different in color from the male, being peculiar in this respect among 

 North American Flycatchers. 



Species and Varieties. 



E. obscunia.' Eiitiivly uiiilonn sppia-hiowii iH-heatl , with a \viiie-|tiiri)le 

 tinge postfiiorly aiid on the roiolu-ad. IFab. Peru. 



ILnibineus. Whole crown, and <'ntire lower parts (oX( ept lininj.' of u i-.iir), 

 brilliant scarlet-red; a stripe on side of the head, and entire* upper parts, 

 sepia-brownish. FernaJp, Whitish anteriorly heneath, more or less reddish 

 posteriorly; anterior portion with <hisky streaks; crown dusky. Ydkihj 

 without any red; leathers ahove bordered with lighter; streaks heneath 

 numerous. Length, about 5.o0. 



The brown ol';i dark sepia east, edges of mm ng- feathers not appreeiably 

 paler, the red with a slight carmine shade. Xo Avhitish on the edge of 

 outernor on tips of other tail-feathers. I [alt. South America var. 7' nb in ens} 



Similar to la.st, but outer web of lateral tail-feather distinctly whitish, 

 the rest tipped slightly with whitish. Hah. Northern South America 



(Bogota and Guayaquil) var. nanus} 



The brown of a decided grayish cast, and edges of wing-feathers very 

 distinctly paler ; red more scarlet (but eipially intense). Xo whitish 

 tips to tail-feather.*, and no white edge to the outer. Hab. Middle 

 America ; north into southern border of Fnited States . var. mexica n ns. 



Pyrocephalus rubineus, var. mexicanus, Sclater. 



SED FLTCATCHEB. 



Ptjrocephalus rubineus, Lawkknck, Ann. X. Y. Lye. V, May, 1851, 115. Cassin", 111. I, 

 IV, 1853, 127, pL xvii. — Baiuo, Birds N. Am. 1S5S, 201. — Salvadoui, Atti. Milan. 

 vii, 1864. — Heerm. X, H, 38. Tyranmila coronaUt, Swainsox, W.vglki:, Isis, 1831, 

 529. Pyrocephalus naiius, Woodhouse, Sitgreavc-'s Report, 1853, 75 (not uf (Joild). 

 PyrocepJuilus mexiainus, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, 45, 50, 360 ; 1S64, 176. — lu. Ibis, 

 1859, 442. — Ib. (."atal. 227. — ScL.vrKR & Salvin, Ibis, 1860, 399 (Guatemala).— 

 Cabanis, Mus. Hein. ii, 1859, 68. — C«>opei;, Orn. Cal. I, 1870, .333. 



Sp. Char. Head with a full rounded or globular crest. Tail even. Crown and whole 

 under parts bright carmine-red; rest of upper parts, including the cheeks as far as the 

 bill, and the lining of the wing, dull grayish-brown; the upper tail-coverts darker; the 

 tail almost black ; greater and middle wing-coverts and edges of secondaries and tertials 



1 Piiroccphahis obscurus, GouLD, Zool. Voy. Beag. iii, 45. — Sclateu, P. Z. S. 1859, 4G ; 

 Catal. Am. B. 1862, 228 (Peru). 



'^ Pyrocephalus rubineus, (Bonn.) Cab. Mnscicapa rubinea, Bonn, (ex Buff. pi. enl. eolxv, 

 f. 1). Pyrocephalus r. Cabaxis ct Heix. Mus. Hein. ii, p. 67. — Scl.yter, Catal. Am. B. 1862, 

 227. 



3 Pyrocephalus ruhimm, var. names, Gould, Zoiil. Beag. iii, 45, pi. vii. — Sclater, P. Z. S. 

 1859, 46, 144 ; 1860, 282, 295 ; Catal. Am. B. 1862, p. 228. The last is hardly separable by 

 the characters given, as, although they arc never seen in southern specimens, they are not con- 

 stant in the northern ones. Sjiecimens of ?<an2M are as large as any of rubineus, there being in 

 every region a great range of variation in dimensions. 



