1914 RIRDS OF ARIZONA 4,3 



i8r. Empidonax wrighti J laird. 



W'kicirr Flycatciikr. 



Synonym — Uiiif^idoiia.v ohsciinis, part. 



Status — A fairly common migrant, at least in eastern Arizona. 1 know of 

 no authentic instance of the lireeding- of this species in the state. 



182. Empidonax griseus Brewster. 



Gray Flycatcher. 



Synonyms — Eiiipidoiia.v obscnnis, part ; Empidonax zvrightii, part. 



Status — This species and the last (B. icnghtn) have been so hopelessly con- 

 fused in years past that it is impossible to allocate the various citations with ac- 

 curacy, but it is certain tliat E. gn'sciis has been many times mentioned under the 

 name of the allied species. I'oth nrc migrants in Arizona, and both ]irobably oc- 

 cur (E. griseus certainly) across the breadth of the state. Of neither form, how- 

 ever, is there any undoubted iTrccding" record for Arizona. E. gi'isciis is prob- 

 ably to be found in winter in the wanner parts of southern .Arizona, and along 

 the lower Colorado River. 



183. Empidonax fulvifrons pygmaeus Coues. 



Buff-breasted Flycatcher. 



Synonyms — Eiupidoita.v pygiuanis ; Mitrcphonis palU-scciis ; Mitre plionis 

 fuhifrons var. pallcsccns. 



Statu.s — A summer visitant, nowhere very common, but found m several of 

 the mountain ranges of southeastern Arizona. It lireeds mostly at the lovN^er edge 

 of the Transition zone, but is very locally distributed — thus it may be fairly com- 

 mon in one cafion, and almost unknov/n in an adjoining one. Has been 

 found breeding in the Chiricahua, Huachuca, and Santa Rita mountains, and mi- 

 grating birds have been taken at Forts Apache and Bowie. The subspecies was 

 described from a specimen secured, by Coues at Fort Whipple, which would seem 

 to he its extreme northern limit. It has so far not been found in the Mogollon 

 Mountains, which lie south of that point, but the fact of its breeding at Inscription 

 Rock, New Mexico — clo.se to the Arizona boundary ( Ilcnshaw, 1874. p. 128), 

 points to the probal)ility of its doing so in tlie >Mogollons. 



184. Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus Sclater. 



A'Ermh.ign Flyc.\tciier. 



Synonyms — Pyroeeplialits rubineus : P\roeepl;ahis niexicamis. 



Statu.s — An abundant resident along the wooded streams of southern and 

 western Arizona, locally migratory, but occr.rrmg in tlie warmer parts of the re- 

 gion throughout the year. In a general way it may lie said to be restricted to the 

 Lower Sonoran zone in the valleys of the Colorado and Gila rivers, and their 

 tributaries. In central Arizona it extends north to Fort Verde (Coale. 1894, p. 

 218) ; casually to Fort Whipple (Coues. 1865, pp. 163, 538, i specimen) ; along the 

 Colorado River, to the Big Sandy. Bill Williams River, and Ehrenberg (Stephens, 

 1003, p. T02), casually to Fort Mohave (Cooper, 1870, p. 333 : one seen May 24). 

 In eastern Arizona does not range north of the Salt River. 



