EMPIDONAX. 69 



A. Pileus aut olivaceus aut umbrino-hrunneus, hand niger. 

 a. Rostrum latiusculum. 

 a'. Subtus cinnamomem. 



1. Empidonax Mvifrons. 



Muscicapa fuMfrons, Giraud, Sixteen B. Texas, t. 2. f. 2'. 



Empidonax fulvifrom, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 301 '; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 222 ' ; Ridgw. Ibis, 



1886, p. 462* ; Man. N. Am. B. p. 344 \ 

 Mitrephorus fulvifrons, Scl. P.Z.S. 1859, p. 45 »; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 275'. 

 Empndonax rubicundus, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 70 ^ 

 Empidonax fulvifrons rubicundus, Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 154 ' ; Ridgw. Ibis, 1886, 



p. 463 '" j Man. N. Am. B. p. 345 ". 

 Empidonax pyffmceus, Coues, Ibis, 1865, p. 537 '^. 



Empidonax fulvifrons pygmam, Ridgw. Ibis, 1886, p. 463 "; Man. N. Am. B. p. 345 ". 

 Empidonax pallescens, Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1866, p. 63 ". 

 Mitrephorus fulvifrons, var. pallescens, Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. N. Am. B. ii. p. 386 " ; Coues, B. N. 



W. p. 259 "; Hensbaw, U. S. Geogr. Surv. West lOOtb Mer. v. p. 364". 

 Mitrephanes fulvifrons pallescens, Coues, Key N. Am. B. ed. 2, p. 443". 



Supra omnino brunneus ; capite summo paulo saturatiore ; alls nigricantibus, tectricibus fulvo terminatiB, 

 seoundariis quoque albo limbatis ; cauda nigrioante, rectriee extima utrinque in pogonio extemo alba ; 

 subtuB rufescenti-fulvTis ; gutture et abdomine paulo dilutioribus : rostri maxilla nigrioante, mandibula 

 flava ; pedibus nigricantibus. Long, tota 4*6, alse 2-5, caudse 2-0, tarsi 0*6, rostri a rictu O'O. (Descr. 

 maris ex Coapa props urbem Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 



5 mari simUis. 



Hob. North Amejrica, Southern Arizona ^^ and New Mexico ^^. — Mexico ^, Tutuaca 

 and Eio Verde in Chihuahua {W. Lloyd), Araula and Omilteme in Guerrero 

 {Mrs. H. H. Smith), Ixtapalapa, Hacienda Eslava, Huipulco, Coapa, Mexicalcingo, 

 Culhuacan, Axotla, Chimalpa, Coajimalpa, all near Mexico city [Ferrari-Perez), 

 valley of Mexico {H. le Strange), Huehuetlan [Ferrari-Perez^); Guatemala, 

 Quezaltenango, Dueiias^ [0. S. & F. J). G.). 



Mr. Eidgway recognizes three forms of this species, namely, R fuMfrons from 

 Eastern Mexico and Southern Texas, K fulvifrons rubicundus from Southern Mexico, 

 and F!. fulvifrons pygmceus from New Mexico southwards into Western Mexico. We 

 have now specimens from all these districts except of course from Texas, where its 

 presence is doubtful. Our largest series comes from the vicinity of the city of Mexico, 

 and amongst these the three forms appear to be fully represented, and, moreover, they 

 are united by every intermediate gradation. Our ruddiest birds come from the high- 

 lands of Guatemala, where the species is doubtless resident, as it is elsewhere, except, 

 perhaps, at the northern extremity of its range. 



Mr. Henshaw found this bird breeding at Inscription Rock in New Mexico, and he 

 also met with it in Arizona, where, according to Dr. Coues, it is a rare summer visitor. 



