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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



Identification Chart No. 21. 



FLYCATCHERS. 



No. 451. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, (My- 

 iodnastes luteiventris) . 



Found through Mexico and Central America; 

 north to southern Arizona. Length 8 in. Upper 

 parts olive brownish, the feathers having black cen- 

 ters. Crown with, a yellowish median stripe border- 

 ed with dusky; a white superciliary stripe; a black 

 stripe from bill through eye, Under parts pale yel- 

 low, shading to white on the throat and streaked 

 with black. Wings blackish, broadly edged with 

 whitish. Tail and upper coverts bright rufous with 

 black streaks in the centers of the feathers. 



No. 452. Crested Flycatcher, (Myiarchus 

 crinitus) . 



United States east of the Plains and north to 

 southern Canada. Length about 8.5 in. Head, 

 throat and breast ashy gray; lower breast and under 

 parts yellow; back olive gray; wings, blackish, edg- 

 ed with white and the inner webs of the primaries 

 chestnut, as are the tail feathers. 



No. 453 a. Arizona Crested Flycatcher, 

 {Myiarchus mexicanus magister.) 



From southern Arizona south into western Mex- 

 ico. This is a paler form than the preceeding, and 

 the ashy throat, while lighter is more clearly defined 

 against the lemon color of the under parts. 



No. 454. Ash-throated Flycatcher, {My- 

 iarchus cinerascens) . 



Western portions of the United States from the 

 Rocky Mountains to the Pacific and from the latitude 

 of Oregon south through Mexico. Still paler than 

 the above, the ash in the throat being replaced by 

 a dull white. 



No. 455a. Olivaceous Flycatcher, {Myiarchus 

 lawrenceii olivascens) . 



Arizona and Western Mexico. Back an olive 

 green. Tail and wings with less chestnut on them. 



