PERCHING BIRDS 
451. Sulphur-bellied 
Flycatcher. Myiody- 
?iastes luteiventris. 
Range. — Mexico and Cen- 
tral America, breeding north 
to the Mexican border of Ari- 
zona. 
This peculiar Flycatcher, 
which is unlike any other 
American species, can only 
be regarded as a rare breed- 
ing bird in the Huacliuca Mts. 
It is 8 inches in length, has 
a grayish back streaked with 
Creamy buff 
black, the tail largely rusty 
brown and the underparts sul- 
phur yellow, streaked on the 
breast and sides with dusky; 
a yellow crown patch is bord- 
ered on either side by a stripe 
of mottled dusky, and is sep- 
arated from the blackish 
patch through the eye, by 
white superciliary lines. Their 
habits are similar to those of the genus Myiarchus, and, like them, they nest in 
cavities in trees, and lay from three to five eggs of a creamy buff color thickly 
spotted and blotched with brown and purplish, the markings not assuming the 
scratchy appearance of the Crested Flycatchers, but looking more like those of 
a Cardinal; size of egg 1.05 x. 75. Data. — Huachuca Mts., Arizona, June 29, 1901. 
4 eggs. Nest in the natural cavity of a live sycamore tree about fifty feet from 
the ground; composed of twigs. Collector, O. W. Howard. 
Crested Flycatcher 
452. Crested Flycatcher. Myiarchus crinitus. 
Range. — North America, east of the Plains, and from New Brunswick and 
Manitoba southward; winters from the Gulf States southward. 
This trim and graceful, but quarrelsome, species is gray- 
ish on the head, neck, and breast, shading to greenish on 
the back and quite abruptly into bright yellow on the 
underparts; the head is slightly crested and the inner webs 
of all the lateral tail feathers are reddish brown. They 
are abundant in most of their range but are generally shy 
so they are not as often seen as many other more rare 
birds. They nest in cavities of any kind of trees and at 
any elevation from the ground, the nest being made of 
twigs, weeds and trash, and generally having incorporated 
into its make-up a piece of cast off snake skin. They lay from four to six 
eggs of a huffy color, blotched and lined with dark brown and lavender. 
Size .85 x .65. 
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