THE BIRD BOOK 



469-1 • Gray Flycatcher. Empidonax 



Range. — Lower California, north to southern 

 California. 



This is a slightly larger species than the pre- 

 ceding and is grayish above and paler below, 

 with little or no tinge of brownish or yellow. 

 As far as I can learn its eggs have not yet been 

 taken. 



470.1. Buff-breasted Flycatcher. Empi- 

 donax fulvifrons pygmceus. 



Range. — Western Mexico, north to southern 

 New Mexico and Arizona. 



This small bird, which is but 4.75 inches in 

 lengtli, is brownish gray above and brownish 

 buff below. It is not a common species any- 

 where, but is known to nest during June or 

 July, on high, mountain ranges, saddling its 

 nest of fibres, covered with lichens, on horizon- 

 tal boughs at quite an elevation from the 

 The eggs are pale buffy white, unspotted, and measure .60 x .50. 



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ground 



471. Vermillion Flycatcher. Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus. 



Range. — Mexico, north regularly to southern Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. 



This is one of the most gaudy attired of all North American birds, being 

 brownish gray on the back, wings and tail, and having a briglit Vermillion crown, 

 crest and underparts. Tliey are quite common: in southern Texas, but far more 

 abundant in the southern parts of Arizona. Their liabits do not 

 differ from tliose of other Flycatchers, they living almost exclu- 

 sively upon insects. The majority of tlieir nests can not be dis- 

 tinguished from those of the Wood Pewee, being covered witli 

 lichens and saddled upon limbs in a similar iuanner, but some 

 lack the mossy ornamentation. Tlieir three or four eggs are 

 buffy, boldly blotched with dark brown and lavender, chiefly in a wreath about 

 the middle of the egg: size .70 x ..50. Data. — San Pedro River, Arizona. June 10, 

 ] 899. Nest in the fork of a willow about 20 feet above the stream. Collector, 

 O. W. Howard. 



Buff 



472. Beardless Flycatcher. Cawptostoma imberbe. 



Range. — Central America; north casually to the Lower Rio Grande in Texas. 



This strange little Flycatcher, several specimens of which have been taken in 

 the vicinity of Lomita, Texas, is but 4. .5 inches in length, grayish in color and 

 has a short bill, the upper mandible of which is curved. It has all the habits 

 peculiar to Flycatchers. Their eggs have not as yet been found as far as I can 

 learn. 



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