Range.--A Central American and Mexican species, casually found on the
ranges in Southern Arizona.

The plumage of this species is greenish above and below, being metallic
green on the breast; the forehead, sides of head, and throat are
iridescent blue and a white line extends back from the eye.

441. BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD. _Cynanthus latirostris._

Range.--Mountains of central Mexico north to southern Arizona and New
Mexico.

The throat of this species is a rich metallic blue; otherwise the
plumage is greenish above and below, being brighter and more irisdescent
on the breast. They are not uncommon on the ranges of southern Arizona,
where they have been found nesting in July and August, their nest not
being unlike those of the Rufous Hummer, but with the exterior largely
composed of shreds of grayish bark and lichens. Their eggs are like many
others of the Hummers.

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PERCHING BIRDS. Order XVII. PASSERES

COTINGAS. Family COTINGIDAE

441.1. XANTUS BECARD. _Platypsaris aglaiae albiventris._

Range.--Mexico; north casually to the southern border of Arizona.

This peculiar species is grayish above and lighter gray below, has dark
slaty crown, and a patch of rose color on the lower throat. This is the
only representative of this tropical family that has been found as yet
over the Mexican border, but its near ally, the Rose-throated Becard has
been found within a very few miles and will doubtless be added to our
fauna as an accidental visitor ere long. Their nests are large masses of
grasses, weeds, strips of bark, etc., partially suspended from the forks
of branches. Their eggs number four or five and are a pale buffy gray
color, dotted and scratched with a pale reddish brown and dark gray.
Size .95 x .70. The one figured is from a set in the collection of Mr.
Crandall, taken June 1, 1897 at Presidio Sinaloa, Mexico.

FLYCATCHERS. Family TYRANNIDAE

Flycatchers, which are found only in America and chiefly in the tropics,
are insect-eating birds, generally having a grayish colored plumage,
sometimes adorned with a slight crest or a coronal mark of orange, red,
or yellow. Only two of the species found in North America are gaudy in
plumage, the Vermilion, and the Derby Flycatchers. They all have the
habit of sitting erect on a dead twig, and watching for passing insects,
which they catch on the wing.