PASSEBES— TYBANNIDAE— SAYORNIS SAYUS. 34 C J 



SAYOBNIS SAYUS (Bon.). 



Say's Flycatcher. 



Muscicapa saya, Bonap., Am. Orn., i, 1825, 20, pi. xi, f. 3. 



Tyrannula saya, WooDH., Sitgrcave's Exp. Zuui & Col. Biv., 1854, 74. — Newe., P. B. 



B. Rep., vi, 1S57, 81. 

 ' Sayomis sayus, Bb., Birds N. A., 1858, 185.— Id., Ives' Col. Exped., 1857-58, pt. iv, 5.— 

 Kenneely, P. B. B. Rep., Whipple's Route, x, 1859, 24.— Bd., U. S. & Mex. 

 Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1850, Birds, 9. — Heerm., P. B. B. Rep., x, pt. iv, 

 1850, 37.— Henry, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 1859, 106 (New Mexico).— 

 Hayd., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, xii, 1S02, 158.— Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci. 

 Phila., I860, CO.— Id., ib., 1SG8, 82.— Stev., U. S. Geol. Suit. Terr., 1870, 463.— 

 Allen, Bui. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1872, 179.— Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1S72, 

 172— Aiken, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1872, 205.— Merriam, U. S. Geol. 

 Snrv. Terr., 1872, 090 (Utah).— Bd., Brew., & Eidg., Birds N. A., ii, 1874, 

 347, pi. 45, f. 3.— Hensuaw, An. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., xi, 1874, 7.— Id., An. 

 List Birds Utah, 1S72, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 46.— Hensuaw, Bep. Orn. 

 Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 66, 85, 125. — Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. 

 Nat, Hist., June, 1874, 17, 31.— Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 240. 



Found in abundance throughout the Middle Eegion, extending south- 

 ward beyond our borders into Mexico, though perhaps less numerous in the 

 southern part of its range than the Black Flycatcher, or than it is in the 

 north. About Fort Garland, Southern Colorado, it was rather common, 

 being found here within the precincts of civilization and in the wilder districts. 



Its manner of nesting, habits, and the general character of the notes 

 much resemble those of the Eastern Pewee (S. fuscus). A nest found June 

 27 beneath the eaves of one of the outbuildings of the post was composed 

 of bits of twine, shreds of cloth, and other like substances, cemented 

 together with mud. The cavity was quite shallow, and lined thickly with 

 horse hair and sheeps' wool. Eggs, four in number, pale yellowish-white, 

 without spots. 



In the neighborhood of Fort Wingate, N. Mex., in July, both the old 

 and young of this species were abundant. For the most part, they were 

 found inhabiting the open sage brush, or the open and rocky hillsides 

 scantily clothed with brush and a few scattering pinon trees. 



