Painted

1911

Published

1931

Volume

7

Plate

454-454b

Ashthroat Flycatcher

Myiarchus cinerascens cinerascens

ASHTHROATS have the characteristic loud call of the genus. Their habits and breeding are quite similar to the Crested Flycatchers altho snake or lizard skins are often absent from their nests.

BREEDING

RANGE

Western United States, rarely east to Wyoming and Colorado.

Lower California Flycatcher

Myiarchus cinerascens pertinax

Similar in habits and breeding to the Ashthroat Flycatcher.

BREEDING

RANGE

Lower California.

Little Walnut

Juglans rupestris

A tree 50 feet high, distributed in New Mexico, Arizona and western Texas.

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