THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



) National Geographic Society 



MOST FLYCATCHERS ARE NEAT IN Ai-PEARANCE. BUT ONE IS GAUDY 



Compared to his relatives, the vivid Vermilion Flycatcher of the Mexican borderland 

 (upper right with his mate) is like a scarlet tanager in a flock o{ sparrows. His flaming color flashes 

 over a flooded river as he darts after insects, but his lady, perched beneath, is somberly clad. Two 

 other southwesterners are the Beardless (upper left) and COues's Flycatchers (lower right). 

 The Olive-sided Flycatcher (lower left) breeds in northern forests and winters in South America. 

 The Eastern and Western Wood Pewees (left center) likewise migrate to tropic jungles. 



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