. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. i8 TYRANNID^ : FLYCATCHERS. GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER. Myiarchus crinitus (Z.) Cab. Chars. Head crested, but no colored crown-patch; no primaries eraarginate. Upper parts olivaceous ; throat and fore-breast pure ash; other under parts bright yellow; primaries conspicuously edged with chestnut; tail feathers dusky, with nearly the whole inner webs chestnut; bill blackish; feet black. Length ; extent, ; wing and tail, each, about ; bill and ta
. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. i8 TYRANNID^ : FLYCATCHERS. GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER. Myiarchus crinitus (Z.) Cab. Chars. Head crested, but no colored crown-patch; no primaries eraarginate. Upper parts olivaceous ; throat and fore-breast pure ash; other under parts bright yellow; primaries conspicuously edged with chestnut; tail feathers dusky, with nearly the whole inner webs chestnut; bill blackish; feet black. Length ; extent, ; wing and tail, each, about ; bill and tarsus, each, about It is not easy to outline the dis- tribution of this bird in New Eng- land with a firm hand, or in few words to indicate clearly the man- ner of its occur- rence. Though the records are numerous, they are far from coin- cident, and often conflicting. The species belongs to a thoroughly tropical genus, Fig. 3. —Generic details of smaller Flycatchers: a, having numCrOUS Myiarchus; b, Sayiornis ; c, Contopus; d, Empido- specicS in Central nax. and South Amer- ica, but only one which occurs in the United States at large. If, therefore, it were a bird of migration. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham
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