THE GEAY FLYCATCHER. 321 



bird than Wright's Flycatcher, and appears to replace this in the regions where 

 it is found. Nothing is as yet known about its breeding habits, nest, or eggs. 

 It lias been taken at Triunfo, San Jose del Cabo, and on Santa Margarita Island, 

 Lower California, at Alamos, in southern Sonora, and it probably also occurs 

 in the mountains of southern Arizona. 



iig. Empidonax fulvifrons (Giraud). 



FULVOUS FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa fulvifrons Giraud, Sixteen Texas Birds, 18il, PI. II. 

 Empidonax fulvifrons Sclater, Proceedings Zoological Society, 1858, 301. 

 (B — C — , E 329, C — U [470].) 



Geographical range : Eastern Mexico and southern Texas. 



Since Giraud's description of tlie Fulvous Flycatcher, in his paper on 

 " Sixteen Texas Birds," published in 1841, no other specimens, as far as I have 

 been able to learn, have been taken either in eastern Mexico or along our south- 

 ern border, in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The type still remains 

 unique, and nothing is known about its nesting habits. 



120. Empidonax fulvifrons pygmaeus (Coues). 



BUFF-BREASTED FLYCATCHER. 



Empidonax pygmmus Coues, Ibis, 1865, 537. 



Empidonax fulvifrons pygmcvus Eidgway, Proceedings U. S. N"ational Museum, VIII, 

 1885, 35G. 



(B — , C 262, E 329«, C 392, U 470a.) 



Geographical range : Northern Mexico ; north to southwestern 'New Mexico and 

 Arizona. 



The breeding range of the Buff-breasted Flycatcher appears to extend 

 tlu'ough northern Mexico northward into southwestern New Mexico and the 

 southern half of Arizona. This subspecies was first added to our fauna by Dr. 

 Elliott Coues, who obtained it near Fort Whipple, Ai-izona, on May 9, 1865, 

 which point probably marks the northern limits of its range in the United 

 States. Since then it has been taken near Inscription Rock, New Mexico, and 

 at Camp Apache, Arizona, by Mr. H. W. Henshaw, who published the following: 

 "Apparently a A^ery rare species, as it was met with on but two occasions. At 

 Inscription Rock, New Mexico, July 24, 1873, I observed a pair of old birds 

 feeding the young. These latter were nearly full fledged and had evidently 

 been raised in the immediate Aacinity. In September a single immature bird 

 was taken near Camp Apache, Arizona, on a small brush-lined stream in a heavy 

 pine forest. Judging from the individuals seen, their habits diff'er in no note- 

 worthy respect from those of the small Flycatchers generally. * * * 



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