TYRANNID.E — THE FLYCATCHERS. fjg^ 



The single Nortli American species of this genus is readily distinguished 

 among other Flycatcliers by the bright red of the under parts. Tiie I'emale 

 is quite difl'erent in color from the male, being peculiar in this respect among 

 Nortli American Flycatcliers. 



Species and Varieties. 



E. obacurus.' Entirely uiiironu si'iiia-ljiowii liuiieatli, with a wiiiu-piii-ple 

 tinge posteriorly and on the ibiolicad. Hab. Peru. 



E.rubineuB. Wiiolo crown, and entire lower parts (except lining of wing), 

 brilliant searlut-riMl ; a stripe on side of the head, and entire upju'r parts, 

 sepia-brownish. Femalr. '..'hitish anteriorly I leneath, more or less reddish 

 posteriorly; anterior portion with dnsky streaks; crown dusky, youinj 

 without any red; featheis above bordered with lighter; streaks beneath 

 numerous. Length, about iJ.'iO. 



The brown of a dark sepia cast, edges of wing-leathers not appreciably 

 paler, the red with a slight calamine shade. No whitish on the edge of 

 outer nor on tips of other tail-feathers. Jfiih. South America var. rnbineus? 



Similar to last, but outer web of lateral tail-feather distinctly whitish, 

 the rest lipped slightly with whitish. ITah. Northern South America 



(Bogota and Guayaquil) \a.r. nan ns? 



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

 distinctly paler ; red more .scarlet (but ecpially inten.se). No whitish 

 tips to tail-feather.s, and no white edge to the outer. Hah. MiiUllc 

 America; north into southern border of United States . var. mejoicanus. 



P3a*ocephalus rubineus, ^ar. mexicanus, Sclateb. 



BED FLYCATCHEB. 



Pi/roccphalus rubineus, b.vwuiiNCK, Ann. N. Y. Lye. V, May, 18.")1, 115. C.v.ssi.n, 111. I, 

 IV, 1S53, 127, pi. xvii. — Hauid, Bhds N. Am. 1858, 201. — S.vlvadoim, Atti. Milan, 

 vii, 18t)4. — Heekm. X, 6', 38. Tyranmihi conmalii, Swainsox, AVagli;!!, Lsis, 1S31, 

 529. Pijrocephalus imiitis, WooDUousE, Sitgruave's lloport, 1853, 75 (not of (Joii.n). 

 PijrocepluUas mcckunus, Sclateu, P. Z. S. 1859, 45, 50, 300; 1S04, 17(>. — In. Ibis, 

 1859, 442. —111. fatal. 227. — Sclaieii & Salvi.v, Ibi.s, 18(iO, 39!) ((iiiatemala). — 

 Cabanis, Mus. H(?in. li, 1859, 68. — Coopei!, Oiii. Cal. I, 1870, 333. 



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

 under part.s bright carmine-red; rest of upper part.s, including the cheeks as far as the 

 bill, and the lining of the wiijg, didl grayi.sh-brown ; the u|)jier tail-coverts darker; the 

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



1 Pyroccphalus obscuriis, Gould, Zoiil. Voy. Bcag. ill, 45. — Sci.atek, V. Z. S. 1859, 4G ; 

 Catal. Am. 15. 1862, 228 (Peru). 



'■^ Piiroccphalua rubinciis, (Boiin.) Cab. Mnsckapa rnhinca, Ronn. (ex Buff. pi. cnl. cel.w, 

 f. 1). Pyrocepliahia r. Cabanis et Hkix. Mus. Hehi. ii, p. 67. — Sci.ateu, Catal. Am. B. 1862, 

 227. 



' PliroMphaliM rubincns, var. nanus, Gotti.ii, Zoiil. Bcig. iii, 45, pi. vii. — Sci.ater, P. Z. S. 

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

 the characters given, as, although they are never seen in southern s|)eeimens, they are not con- 

 stant in the northern ones. Specimens of uamis are as large as any jf rubinciM, there being in 

 every region a great range of variation in dimensions. 



