CONTENTS 



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Introduction 5 



Scissor-tailed flycatcher ( Muscivora forficata) 8 



Kingbird ( Tyrannus tyrannies) 11 



Arkansas kingbird ( Tyrannus verticalis) 19 



Cassin's kingbird ( Tyrannus vociferans) 22 



Crested flycatcher ( Myiarchus crinitus) 24 



Ash-throated flycatcher ( Myiarchus cinerascens) : 28 



Phoebe (Sayornis phnebe) 30 



Say's phoebe (Sayornis sayus) 36 



Black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) 38 



Olive-sided flycatcher (Nuttallornis borealis) 41 



Wood pewee ( Myiochanes virens) 44 



Western wood pewee ( Myiochanes richardsoni) 49 



Yellow-bellied flycatcher (Empidonax fiaviventris) 52 



Western yellow-bellied flycatcher (Empidonax diffi.cilis) 55 



Acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) 58 



TrailFs and alder flycatchers (Empidonax trailli trailli and E. t. alnorum) 60 



Least flycatcher (Empidonax. minimus) 64 



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