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passing into dusky at the tip, and in this respect differ from some more 
northern ones in which the part is flesh-color. 
1 13. Empidonax fulvifrons pallescens Cones. Buff- 
breasted Flycatcher. — A single specimen from the Santa 
Rita Mountains is accompanied by the following remarks : “Rare 
here; more numerous in' the Chiricahua Mountains last season 
[1880] ; and rather common near Fort Bayard, New Mexico, in 
1876. One of its notes is a chirp similar to a Warbler’s.” 
395 ? $ ad., Santa Rita Mountains, May 17. Length, 5.10; extent, 7.90. 
“Iris dai'k brown ; bill black, yellow below; legs black.” 
1 14. Pyrocephaius rubineus mexicanus ( Scl .) Coties. 
Vermilion Flycatcher. — This beautiful species was found at 
Cienega Station in April ; near Tucson and among the Santa 
Rita Mountains during May ; and about Camp Lowell in early 
June. In all these localities it was abundant among undergrowth, 
usually near water. “Their motions resemble those of other 
Flycatchers, excepting that they have a habit of poising over 
one spot for several seconds at a time, maintaining their position 
by a rapid fluttering of the wings very nearly in the manner of a 
Sparrow Hawk.” 
A nest taken April 25, at Tucson, was placed in the horizontal 
fork of a stout mesquite branch to which it was attached in 
such a manner that its upper surface was flush with that of 
the embracing supports. This nest is composed outwardly of 
small twigs, and is lined with horse and cow hair and a few 
feathers. It 'entirely lacks the exterior coating of lichens 
spoken of by Dr. Merrill,* but in other respects it agrees, well 
with his description of the Fort Brown (Texas) specimen. 
1 The three eggs which it contained are creamy white with 
rounded blotches of brown and pale lilac wreathed about their 
larger ends. They measure respectively .72 X * 53 ’ - 7 1 X - 53 ’ 
.70 X -52. Mr. Stephens found other nests similar in con- 
struction and position to the present one. He considers three 
eggs the full complement. 
Juv., first plumage, $ (No. 6153 (Coll.’s No. 466) Camp Lowell, June 1). 
Above similar to the adult female, but with the rump golden-brown ; the 
wing-coverts and outer webs of the secondaries, brownish-fulvous; and 
the feathers of the occiput, nape and interscapular region tipped with 
brownish-white; beneath white with a tinge of lemon-yellow on the 
* Proceedings U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. I, p. 142. 
