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The type specimen, No. 20423 (PI. 2, Fig. 34), from a set of three eggs, 

 Bendire collection, one of the smaller and lighter-marked eggs, was taken by 

 the writer near Tucson, Arizona, June 1, 1872; No. 21036 (PI. 2, Fig. 35), also 

 from a set of three eggs, represents one of the larger and more heavily marked 

 specimens. It was taken by Dr. James C. Merrill, United States Army, near 

 Brownsville, Texas, May 29, 1877. 



122. Ornithion imberbe (Sclater). 



BEARDLESS FLYCATCHER. 



Gamptostoma imberbe Sclater, Proceedings Zoological Society, 1857, 203. 

 Ornithion imberbe Lawrence, Ibis, 1876, 497. 



(B — , C — , E 331, C 393, U 472.) 



Geographical range: Central America and eastern Mexico; north to the lower 

 Bio Grande Valley, Texas. 



The Beardless Flycatcher, one of the smallest of the Tyrannidce found within 

 the borders of the United States, was added to our fauna by Mr. G. B. Sennett 

 who took a specimen near Lomita Ranch, Texas, on April 24, 1879, where it 

 appears to be a rather rare summer visitor. Mr. Sennett makes the following 

 remarks: "I have little to say of the habits of this species. My single specimen 

 was shot on April 24 in a low bush distant from Avoods. No others were observed. 

 It was an adult male, in fine plumage, and its testes showed the breeding season 

 to be close at hand. Its diminutive size and yellow commissure led me at first to 

 think it the young of some other species, but I fortunately perceived my error, 

 and was careful to preserve what proves to be the best find of the trip, one which 

 adds to our fauna a new genus and species never suspected to occur so far north." 1 



I believe the nest and eggs of this interesting little Flycatcher still remain 

 unknown. 



123. Ornithion imberbe ridgwayi Brewster. 



RIDGWAY'S FLYCATCHER. 



Ornithion imberbe ridgwayi Brewster, Bulletin Nuttall Ornithological Club, VII October 

 1882, 20S. 



(B — , C — , E — , C — , IT 472a.) 



Geographical range: Northern Mexico, from Puebla and Jalisco; north to south- 

 ern Arizona. 



Ridgway's Flycatcher is another comparatively recent addition to our 

 fauna, and was first described by Mr. William Brewster in the "Bulletin of the 

 Nuttall Ornithological Club" (Vol. VII, 1882, pp. 208, 209), from specimens 



1 Bulletin U. S. Geological and Geographical Survey, Vol. V, No. 3, p. 406. 



