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SYSTEMATIC SYXOPSIS. —PASSEEES — CLAMATOBES. 



not shorter or rather longer than middle toe and claw. Coloration hlack and white, cinna- 

 mon-brown, or olivaceous :^a[noriiU 121 



Tail decidedly shorter than wing, a little forked. Bill broad iuul riat. Tarsus shorter than 



middle toe and claw. Olivaceous; length 6.-0 or more . . l.'ontopus 122 



Tail a hitle shorter than wing, about even. Bill liat. Tarstis not shorter or rather longer 

 than middle toe and claw. Coloration olivaceous and yellowish, but no red, buff or x'ure 



brown. Length i5.25 or less — usu.ally under 6.00 jLinjiitlonaw liio 



Tail, etc., as in Empidonax, from which scarcely difterent. Coloration more brownish- 

 olive, buliy below. Very small Mitrcphaius li*4 



Tail and t.arsns as in Empidonax. Bill narrow. Hind not longer than lateral toe. Sexes 



unlike, (f foll-crestetl, vermilion and pure brown P;/r<icepha>u^ 12t> 



Bill compressed, quite parine in appearance, uubristled. tuinotched. General color ashy, with yellow 

 lining of wings. Ver>- small; length under 5.00 Onufhium 125 



(^&!,\ Besides the above, .another genus and sjiecies doubtless occurs in Texas: ^Iviozett:tes TEXE^•SIS. Bill 

 short, stout, very broad at base, with curved culmen. hooked and notched tip, and heavily-bristled rictus. Pri- 

 maries not emarginate; 2d, 3<1. 1th longest, 5th shorter ; 1st about equal to 6lh. Tail shorter than wings, nearly 

 s<iuare. Feet small : tarsus rather less than middle toe and claw. Above, olive : wings and tail browm. with yel- 

 lowish edging of the quills. Under parts, including lining of wings, bright pure yellow; throat definitely white. 

 Top ;tnd sides of head gray, hoary on forehead and over e\"es. dusky on lores and auriculars. enclosing a liame and 

 yellow crown-spiot. Bill and feet black. Length about 7.00: wing 3.50 ; tail 3.00; bill 0.60: tarsus 0.75: middle 

 toe and claw O.So. 



116 PIT-:\J\'GVS. (Voxlmrb.: a Mexican or S. Am. name of some liird.) Derby FltC-A.tchers. 



Outir pl■iularic:^ not emargm;ite. An orange crown patch. Bill as long as head, exceeding the 

 tarsus, straight, stout, but narrow, as deep as hroad at the nostrils, with ridsed culmen straight 

 tM the hcioked end: gonys ab..iut straight, ascending; commissure and also hiteral outlines 

 perfectly straight. Nostrils rounded, nearer commissure than culmen. Wings rounded, tipped 

 by .3d-jth quills; 2d and Gth about equal and shorter, 1st only about equal to 9th. Tail 

 shi^rter than wings, nearly even, but somewlntt double-rouuded. Tarsus about as long as 

 midiUe toe and claw. Largest-bodied of any X. Am. flycatcher. Browu above, yellow 

 lich'w. with l>hich. wliitr. and orange head : quills and tail-fe;tthers extensively chestnut, as in 

 Jli/ianliu---: Mexican; lately fouud in Texas. 

 364. P. derbia nus. (To Lord Derby. Fig. iSl.) Derby FLYCATCHER. I'pper pans litrht 

 wood-bro\\-u. with an olive tiuLTe : wings and tail the same, but the feathers extensively 



bordered without and withiu with 

 chestuut. forming a couspicuous 

 continuous area on the wiug- 

 quills in the closed \Tiug, and on 

 most of the wing ;ind tail-feathers 

 more extensive than tlie browu 

 p<.^^tion of the inner webs. Be- 



low from the breast, includiutr 



'Jff/n ' lining of wings, clear and cou- 



^ tinuous lemon-yellow, AVbide 



4SE53SS5^ ^'' .^,^^J^' ^^- '''^^®^ chin and throat pure white, wid- 



'^jrX&C ^ '''f^^r' <^H~ "'^ euiug behind up uuder ear-cov 



p^: erts. Top and sides of head 

 black, a circle of white from fore- 

 FlG. 281. —Derby Flycatcher, nat. size (Ad nat, del. E. C. 1 head over eyes to nape white, the 



enclosed black enclosing a lemon and orange patch. Or, middle of crown yellow and orange. 

 endosed ;ind p:irtlv concealed in black, this black enclosed in white, then the long aud broad 

 bhick liar on side of head, separating the white of side of crown from that of side of throat. 

 The eorou:il feathers lengthened and erectile as in a king-bird, or more so ; crown-patch of 

 s:nue character hut more extensive. Bill and feet black ; iris hazel. Sexes alike. Length 

 of male about 10.50; wing about 5.00; tail about 4.00; bill 1.20; tarsus 1,00. A great 



