THE GEAY FLYCATCHER. 321 



bird than Wright's Flycatcher, and appears to replace thi.s in the regions ^vllere 

 it is found. Nothing is as yet known about its breeding habits, nest, or eggs. 

 It has been taken at Triunfo, San Jose del Cabo, and on Santa Margarit;i Island, 

 Lower California, at Alamos, in southern Sonora, and it probably also occurs 

 in the mountains of southern Arizona. 



119. Empidonax fulvifrons (Giraud). 



FULVOUS FLYCATCHER. 



Muscieapa fulvifrons Giraud, Sixteen Texas Birds, 1841, PI. II. 

 Umpidonajc fulvifrons Sclater, Proceedings Zoological Society, 1858, 301. 



(B — , C — E 329, C — , U [470].) 



Geographical range : Eastern Mexico and southern Texas. 



Since Griraud's description of the Fulvous Flycatcher, in his paper on 

 " Sixteen Texas Bu-ds," published in 1841, no other specimens, as far as I have 

 been able to learn, have been taken either in eastern Mexico or along our south- 

 ern border, in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The type still remains 

 unique, and nothing is known about its nesting habits. 



120. Empidonax fulvifrons pygmaeus (Coues). 



BUFF-BREASTED FLYCATCHER. 



Empidonax pygmmus Coues, Ibis, 1865, 537. 



Empidonax fulvifrons pygmmus Ridgway, Proceedings U. S. National Museum, YIII, 



1885, 350. 



(B — , C 262, E 329a, C 392, U 470a.; 



Geographical range : Northern Mexico ; north to southwestern New Mexico and 

 Arizona. 



The breeding range of the Buff-breasted Flycatcher appears to extend 

 through northern Mexico northward into southwestern New Mexico and the 

 southern half of Arizona. This subspecies was first added to our fauna by Dr. 

 Elliott Coues, who obtained it near Fort Whipple, Arizona, on May 9, 1865, 

 which point probably marks the northern limits of its range in the United 

 States. Since then it has been taken near Inscription Rock, New Mexico, and 

 at Camp Apache, Arizona, by Mr. H. W. Henshaw, who published the following: 

 "Apparently a very rare species, as it was met with on but two occasions. At 

 Inscription Rock, New Mexico, July 24, 1873, I observed a pair of old birds 

 feeding the young. These latter were nearly full fledged and had evidently 

 been raised in the immediate vicinity. In September a single immature bird 

 was taken near Camp Apache, Arizona, on a small brush-lined stream in a heavy 

 pine forest. Judging from the individuals seen, their habits differ in no note- 

 worthy respect from those of the small Flycatchers generally. * * * 



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