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NORTH AMERICAN BIRD8. 



Myiarchus crinitus, Cabanis. 



OBEAT CBE8TE0 FLTCATCHEB. 



Muscicapn crinila, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 32.';. —Wilson, Am. Orii. II, 1810, 75, pi. 

 xiii. — LiCHT. Vera'iolmi.ss Doiibl. 1823, No. 551). — Aud. Oiii. Biog. II, 1834, 176; 

 V, 423, pi. (X.xix. — III. Hiids Am. 1, 1840, 20i), pi. Ivii. Ti/mimiis cnn'uiw, Swain- 

 son, Moll. Tyrant Sliiiki's in (inartcily .loniiial, XX, .Ian. 1826, 271. — Ni'ttam,, 

 Man. I, (2(1 vd.,) 1840, 302. —Max. Cab. J. VI, 1858, 182. Mi/iohim crinilus, Oixw', 

 Gi'iiera, I, 248. Tjirmnida crinUa, Bonap. Consp. 1850, 189. — Kwv, Pr. Zool. 

 See. 1851, 51. Myiarchus crinitm, Cauams, .Tourn. fiir Oinitli. HI, 1855, 479.— 

 Baiud, Birds N. Am. 1858, 178. — Scl. fatal. 1862, 232. — Sa.muki.s, 131. Mijionux 

 crinitus, Caiian. Mus. Ilciii. 1859, 73 (type, .loiun. 1861, 250). Muncicapa luduvici- 

 ana, Gm. Sy.st. Nat. 1, 1788, 934. — Latham, liid. Ti/rannus liidovicianiis, Vikillot, 

 Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, pi. xlv. Musciaipa virginiana cristala, Bkisson, II, 1760, 

 412. Crested Fiyaitchcr, Pksnant, Latham. 



Figure : Buffon, pi. enl. 569, fig. 1. 



Sp. Char. Head with a dojires.'ied crest. Tiiird qnill longest; fourth and second 

 successively but little shorter ; lirst a little longer than seventh ; much shorter than sixth. 



Tail decidedlj' rounded or even graduated ; the 

 lateral feather about .2o of an inch .shorter. 

 Upper parts dull greeni.sh-olivo, with the feath- 

 ers of the crown and to some extent of the 

 back showing their brown centres; upper tail- 

 coverts turning to pale rusty-brown. Small feath- 

 ers at the ba.se of the bill, ceres, sides of the hcail 

 as liigh as the upper eyelid, .sides of the neck, 

 throat, and forepart of the breast, bluish-ashy ; 

 the rest of the lower part^, including axillariea 

 and lower wing-coverts, bright .«uli)liur-yelIow. 

 A pale ring round the eye. Sides of the breast 

 and body tinged with olivaceous. The winga 

 brown ; the first and second rows of covert.s, 

 ■ with tlio sedindary and tcrtiit quil'>- margined 

 externally with dull white, or on the latter slight- 

 Primnries margined externally for more than half tlieir 

 length from the base with ferruginous ; great portion of the inner webs of all the quills 

 very pale ferruginous. The two middle tail-feathers light brown, shads paler; the rest 

 have the outer web and a narrow line on the inner sides of th(; shaft brown, pale oliva- 

 ceous on the outer edge; the remainder ferruginous to the very tip. Outer wel) of ex- 

 terior feather dull brownish-yellow. Feet black. Bill dark brown above and at the tip 

 below; paler tow.ards the li.ise. Length, 8.75 ; wing, 4.25 ; tail, 4.10; tarsus, .85. 



Hah. Eastern North America to the Missouri and south to Eastern Texas (not yet 

 observed farther west). Guatemala (Sci,. Iliis. I, 121); Cuba (Gundl. Repert. 18G5, 239; 

 Caii. ,T. Ill, 479) ; ? Jamaica (Gossk, B. J. I8G) ; Panama (Lawr. N. Y. Lye. I8G1, 329) ; 

 Costa Rica (Caran. J. 1801, 250; Lawr. N. Y. Lye. IX, 115); San Antonio, Texas 

 (Dresser, Ibis, 18G5, 473, rare). 



The foiiiale apjiears to liave no brown on the inner -weh of tlie quills along 

 the shaft, or else it is conliiied chiefly to the outer feathers. 



Tlie young is hardly appreciably different, having merely the wing-coverts 

 tinged with rusty at the ends. 



Mijiurchus cinerascens. 



ly tinged with olivaceous-yellow. 



