378 NOliTII AMKIUCAN JtlUUS. 



Empidonax flaviventris, Baibd. 



YELI^W-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. 



TiiraiiiiulK. jhn-ivnitrLi, Wm. M. niid S. F. HAinn, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phila. I, July, 1843, 

 1283. — 111. Am. Jouiii. SciiMic.', April, 1844. —Am. Rirda Am. VII, 1844, 341, pi. 

 wccKv.. Tijmnnuhi jmnilhi (.Sw.mnsdn), KKiNriAiiTvr, Vidc-isk. Mcdilcl. fur 18r>3, 

 1804, 82. — (ii.iKir.i!, Cull. ,l(nir. 18ri4, 4'Jii. Em/ni/oiKix hiipardii/hii.H, Haiud (pi'o- 

 visiyiial iiiUi" for eastern .spi'ciiiieiis). JCiii/iit/niiii.r ilijiici/i'.i, llAllin (provisimial imiiie 

 fi)f western). Enipiilitiinx Ihii-irmlrh, IJaiiih, llirds N. Am. ISSO, 198. — Stl.ATKIl, 

 Ciilal. 18l>-J, 'liV. ~ AlAYNAUl), I!. K. Mas.s. 1870, IM. 



Sp. f'liAU. Socoiid, iliird, and foiutli (piills arly equal ; firat intprniofliatc botweon 

 (illli and .si.Nlli. Tail nearly even, sliithtiy niuiidod. Tar.'^i long. Aliovc hiijrlit olive- 

 green (haek veiv .similar to that of Vireo iioveboracoisi.i) ; erown latlicr darker. A 

 bi'oad yellow rin;;; round tlio oye. Tln^ .si(l<'s of the head, nock, lirea,st and hody, and a 

 hand across the lireast like tho haek, Imt lightur; the rest of the lower parts bright 

 greenish snl|iluir-yellow i no white or ashy any where on the body. Quills dark brown; 

 twfi bands on tho wing formed by the tips of the primary and secondary eovert.*!, the 

 outer edge of the lirst primary and of llie secondaries and tertials pale yellow, or greenish- 

 yellow. The tail-feather.s In-own, with the exterior edges like the ba<,'k. The bill dark 

 blown above, yellow beneath. The feet black. In the autumn the colors are ])urer, llu^ 

 yellow is deeper, and the markings on the wings of an ochrey tint. Length, 5.15; wing, 

 2.8;! ; tail, 2.45. 



IIaii. East'.-rn United States, and Eastern Middle America, south to Costa Rica. Lo- 

 calities: Cnatemala (Sci,. Ibi.s, T, 122); Xalapa (Ret,. Ibis, I, 441); Choctun, Duenas, 

 (Sci,. Catid. 18(>2, 230); Costa Rica (Lawh. IX, 114) ; Panama (Lawh. VITI, 03); Vera 

 Cruz, winter, resident? (Sum. M. U. S. I, 557) ; San Antonio, Texas (Dukssfr, Ibis, 18(j5, 

 -175). 



Specimens from the ea.stern reunions of North and Middle America, 

 thoiioh varvincf slightly among themselve.s, all agree in the characters which 

 distinguish them from the western series. 



H.VBiTS. This well-marked species was first ohtained in Carlisle, Penn., 

 and described by the Hairds in 1843. It lias since remained a comparatively 

 rare and scattered species, and has been only seldom met with. I found it 

 breeding in the vicinity of Halifax, and also among the Grand Menan 

 Islands, and in both cases was so fortunate as to be aide to obtain its nest 

 and eggs. It has been found near Calais by Mr. Boardman, and its nest 

 also procured. It has also been fotind breeding near Trenton, N. J., by 

 ])r. Slack, and in a not distant locality in the same State by Dr. Abbott. 



Dr. Coues observed the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher to be a rather rare 

 sjn-ing and autumnal visitant at Washington. As specimens were taken there 

 July 28, undoubtedly they occa.sionally breed there. They appear early in 

 May, and go south the latter pnrt of Seiitember. 



Two specimens of Flyciitcher, identified as of this S])ecies, are recorded 

 by Professor Ileinhardt as having been taken at Godthaab, Greenland, in 

 1853. 



Sumichrast met with this siiecies in Vera Cruz, but whether as a resident 



