The Wright Flycatcher 
Taken in Inyo County 
MY LADY 
Photo by the Author 
as in other species. Length about 132 (5.20); wing 68 (2.69); tail 61 (2.40); bill 12 
(.47); width at nostril 5.3 (.21); tarsus 17 (.71). 
Recognition Marks. —Warbler size; prevailing gray coloration; whitish eye¬ 
ring; excessively retiring habits; smaller and darker than E. griseus; larger and lighter 
than E. hammondi. 
Nesting. — Nest: Of “hemp,” weathered weed-bark, fine grasses, and vegetable 
down, lined indifferently with finer grasses, or a few feathers; placed in upright crotch 
in bushes, or settled upon branch of evergreen sapling. Eggs: 4; pale creamy white, 
unmarked. Av. of 34 specimens in the M. C. O. coll.: 17 x 13.2 (.67 x .52); index 
77; largest, 18.5 x 14.2 (.73 x .56); smallest (runt) 15.5 x 11.4 (.61 x .45). Season: 
June; one brood. 
General Range. —Breeds in the mountains of western North America from about 
the northern border of Mexico north to southern British Columbia, southern Alberta, 
and southwestern Saskatchewan, and east to the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mount¬ 
ains; west to but not including the humid coastal strip, narrowly defined. Winters 
in Mexico. 
Distribution in California. —Abundant during migrations at the lower levels, 
save in the humid coastal strip. A common breeder in the mountains throughout the 
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