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4. E. minimus. Grayish-olive above, the wing-bands grayish-white ; 
beneath white, faintly tinged with yellow posteriorly, and shaded across 
the breast with grayish ; throat distinctly white ; bill broad. Wing, 
2.70; tail, 2.60; culmen, .57 ; breadth of bill, .27; tarsus, .64; middle 
toe, .35. Hah. Eastern Province of North America. (Least Fly- 
catcher.) 
5. E. hammondi. Colors much as in F. minimus , but wing-bands 
nearly twice as wide, the posterior lower parts much more strongly 
yellow, and the anterior portions nearly uniform light grayish. Bill 
very small. Wing, 2.85 ; tail, 2.55 ; culmen, .50 ; breadth of bill, .20 ; 
tarsus, .64 ; middle toe, .34. Hah. Western Province of North America, 
from Slave Lake to Southwestern Mexico. (Hammiond's Flycatcher.) 
6. E. obscurus. Ashy above, with only a slight olivaceous tinge, the 
wing-bands pale grayish ; beneath white, with only a mere trace of a 
yellowish tinge on the flanks ; throat distinctly whitish, and sides of the 
breast like the back. Outer web of lateral tail-feather grayish-white. 
Bill very narrow. Wing, 3.00; tail, 2.80; culmen, .64; breadth of 
bill, .24 ; tarsus, .77 ; middle toe, .42. Hah. Western Province of 
United States. ( Wright's Flycatcher.) 
Genus MITREPHORTTS, Sclater. (Page 83.) 
M. fulvifrons. Olivaceous above ; ochraceous-fulvous beneath ; outer web 
of lateral tail-feather whitish. 
Olive of the back of a fulvous cast ; wing-bands tinged with ochraceous; ■■ Wy 
lower parts decided oclirey-fulvous. Wing, 2.65 ; tail, 2.40; tarsus, .61. 
Hah. Mexico var. fulvifrons . 
Olive of the back of a grayish cast ; wing-bands grayish-white ; lower 
parts very pale ochrey-fulvous. Wing, 2.15; tail, 2.00; tarsus, .55. 
Hah. Arizona. (Buff-hreasted Flycatcher.) . . . var . pallescens , 
Genus PYROCEPHALUS, Gould. (Page 83.) ™ 
P. rubineus. Whole crown, and entire lower parts (except lining of the 
wing), brilliant scarlet ; stripe through the eye, and entire upper parts, 
sepia-brownish. Female. Anterior lower parts whitish, with dusky streaks ; 
posteriorly more or less tinged with red ; no red on the crown. Young , 
without any red ; feathers of upper parts borderqd with lighter. 
The brown of a decided grayish cast, edges of the wing-feathers very 
distinctly paler. Wing, about 2.90; tail, 2.30; culmen, .50 to .60 ; 
tarsus, .60. * Hah. Mexico, and adjacent borders of the United States. 
( Red Flycatcher.) . 
var. mexicanu 
Family ALCEDINIDiE. — The Kingfishers. ™ 
Char. Head large ; bill long, strong, straight, and sub-pyramidal, usually longer than 
the head. Tongue very small. Wings short; legs small; the outer and middle toes 
united to their middle. Toes with the usual number of joints (2, 3, 4, 5),. Iris hazel. 
Eggs white and numerous. Nest usually excavated in the side of a bank of earth. 
