CONTOPUS PERTINAX. 
PERSISTENT FLYCATCHER. 
CONTOPUS PERTINAX. Cab. Mus. Hein., Vol. II., 1859, p. 72. Id. Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. (1866) p. 60. 
This species is common iu Mexico, and in some of the countries still farther south, but was not known to be an inhabitant of any portion 
of our territory, until Dr. Coues obtained it in Arizona. He says that it is a “ very rare summer resident at Fort Whipple, a single specimen, 
taken August 20th, in good plumage, though most other Flycatchers were in moult. The bill was black, the lower mandible and mouth rich 
orange yellow. The present species is one of the several Mexican and Peninsular birds which are found in upper Arizona, doubtless following 
the valley of the great Colorado.” We have no account of its economy and habits. 
Upper part of head, blackish brown. Entire upper parts, dark green. Throat, ash. Flanks and upper part of breast, ashy brown. 
Abdomen, yellowish white. Wings, brown ; secondaries, tipped with whitish. Primaries and tail, dark rufous brown. Under tail coverts, 
yellowish white. Upper mandible, black ; under mandible, horn color. Feet, black. 
The figures are the natural size. The plant is the Podophyllum Peltatum. May Apple. 
