116. 
364. 
430 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — PASSERES — CLAMATORES. 
not shorter or rather longer than middle toe and claw. Coloration black and white, cinna-~ 
mon-brown, or olivaceous . . . . Sayiornis 121 
Tail decidedly shorter than wing, a little forked. Bill proad and flat. Tarsus shorter than 
middle toe and claw. Olivaceous; length 6.25 or more 5 ei . Contopus 122 
Tail a little shorter than wing, about even. Bill flat. Tarsus not shorter or rather longer 
than middle toe and claw. Coloration olivaceous and yellowish, but no red, buff or pure 
brown. Length 6.25 or less — usually under6.00 . . fi ee Empidonax 123 
Tail, etc., as in Empidonaz, from which ae different. Coloration more brownish- 
olive, buffy below. Very small . . : . . Mitrephanes 124 
Tail and tarsus asin Zmpidonaz. Bill narrow. Hind not longer than lateral toe. Sexes 
unlike. ¢ full-crested, vermilion and pure brown . . ee 2 Pyrocephalus 126 
Bill compressed, quite parine in appearance, unbristled, unnotched. General color ashy, with yellow 
lining of wings. Very small: length under 5.00 ete Sas ee . Ornithium 125 
Obs. Besides the above, another genus and species doubtless occurs in Texas: MYIOZETETES TEXENSIS. Bill 
short, stout, very broad at base, with curved culmen, hooked and notched tip, and heavily-bristled rictus. Pri- 
maries not emarginate; 2d, 3d, 4th longest, 5th shorter; 1st about equal to 6th. Tail shorter than wings, nearly 
square. Feet small; tarsus rather less than middle toe and claw. Above, olive; wings and tail brown, with yel- 
lowish edging of the quills. Under parts, including lining of wings, bright pure yellow; throat definitely white. 
Top and sides of head gray, hoary on forehead and over eyes, dusky on lores and auriculars, enclosing a flame and 
yellow crown-spot. Bill and feet black. Length about 7.00; wing 3.50; tail 3.00; bill 0.60; tarsus 0.75; middle 
toe and claw 0.85. 
PITAN'GUS. (Vox barb.; a Mexican or 8. Am. name of some bird.) Drrpy FLYCATCHERS. 
Outer primaries not emarginate. An orange crown patch. Bill as long as head, exceeding the 
tarsus, straight, stout, but narrow, as deep as broad at the nostrils, with ridged culmen straight 
to the hooked end; gonys about straight, ascending ; commissure and also lateral outlines 
perfectly straight. Nostrils rounded, nearer commissure than culmen. Wings rounded, tipped 
by 3d-5th quills; 2d and 6th about equal and shorter, 1st only about equal to 9th. Tail 
shorter than wings, nearly even, but somewhat double-rounded. Tarsus about as long as 
middle toe and claw. Largest-bodied of any N., Am. flycatcher. Brown above, yellow 
below, with black, white, and orange head ; quills and tail-feathers extensively chestnut, as in 
Myjiarchus. Mexican; lately found in Texas. 
P. derbia‘nus. (To Lord Derby. Fig. 281.) Drrsy Fuycatcuer. Upper parts light 
wood-brown, with an olive tinge; wings and tail the same, but the feathers extensively 
bordered without aud within with 
chestnut, ‘forming a conspicuous 
continuous area on the wing- 
quills in the closed wing, and on 
most of the wing and tail-feathers 
more extensive than the brown 
portion of the imnet webs. Be- 
low from the breast, including 
lining of wings, clear and con- 
tinuous lemon-yellow. Whole 
chin and throat pure white, wid- 
ening behind. up under ear-cov 
erts. Top and sides of head 
black, a circle of white from fore- 
Fig. 281. —Derby Flycatcher, nat. size. (Ad nat. del. E. C.) head over eyes to nape white, the 
enclosed black enclosing a lemon and orange patch. Or, middle of crown yellow and orange, 
enclosed and partly concealed in black, this black enclosed in white, then the long and broad 
black bar on side of head, separating the white of side of crown from that of side of throat. 
The coronal feathers lengthened and erectile as in a king-bird, or more so; crown-patch of 
same character but 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 
