COTINGAS — FLYCATCHERS 
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ORDER PASSERES : PERCHING BIRDS. 
(Families Cotingidje, Tyrannic, Alaudidje, Corvidae, 
Sturnid^e, Icterid^j, Fringillid^e, Tanagrid^;, Hirun- 
dinid^e, Ampelllme, Laniid^e, Vireonule, Mniotilti- 
ile, Motacilliile, Cinclhle, Troglodytid^e, Certhiuxe, 
PARIDiE, SyLVIID^E, TuRDID^E, ETC.) 
FAMILY COTINGIDiE: COTINGAS. 
GENUS PLATYPSARIS. 
441.1. Platypsaris albiventris ( Lawr .). Xantus Becard. 
Nostrils partly hidden by bristly feathers ; tip of bill slightly hooked; 
second quill in male small or rudimentary. 
Adult male : throat mainly rose pink ; rest of 
under parts gray, fading to white below ; 
top of head black ; rest of upper parts slate 
gray, paler on forehead and back of neck. 
Adult female and young male : top of head slaty ; rest of upper parts brown¬ 
ish gray or grayish brown ; under parts shading from deep brown to 
whitish. Length: 6.50-7.00, wing 3.40-3.68, tail 2.70-3.00, exposed cul- 
men, ,58-.65. 
Distribution. — Western Mexico ; recorded from Huachuca Mountains, 
Arizona. 
As Mr. W. W. Price found an adult male becard in the Huachuca 
Mountains, Arizona, in breeding plumage, apparently accompanied 
by its mate, the interesting birds will doubtless be found breeding in 
the mountains of southern Arizona. 
FAMILY TYRANNIDAJ: TYRANT FLYCATCHERS. 
KEY TO GENERA. 
1. Tail edged or tipped with white. 
2. Tail deeply forked.Muscivora, p. 246. 
2'. Tail not forked.Tyrannus, p. 247. 
1'. Tail not edged or tipped with white. 
2. Upper mandible curved on both edges .... Ornithion, p. 265. 
2'. Upper mandible straight for most of its length. 
3. Tail marked with rufous or rusty (except sometimes Myiarchus 
lawrencei olivascens). 
4. Breast ash gray in contrast to yellow belly. Myiarchus, p. 251. 
4'. Breast yellow like belly; throat white. 
5. Streaked. Myiodynastes, p. 250. 
5'. Not streaked. Pitangus, p. 250. 
3'. Tail not marked with rufous or rusty. 
4. Wing at least six times as long as tarsus . . Contopus, p. 256. 
4'. Wing not more than five times as long as tarsus. 
5. Sexes different, male scarlet, females and young grayish 
brown. Pyrocephalus,p. 264. 
Fig. 323. 
