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 90. Tityra braziliensis (Sws.). 



Psaris bratilieneis Swainson, Anim. Menag. p. 286 (1838. — " Northern Brazil "). 



Nos. 1875, 1953. iS acl, Goyaz, March 1900.— Wing 133, I'ifi; tail 80, 75; 

 bill 22 mm. 



Agreeing well with other specimens from Brazil and Paraguay. 



In No. 1875 the tail is entirely black, while in No. 1053 the foxir enter rectrices 

 have a distinct patch of white at the base of tlie inner web. I have discussed at 

 length the geographical distribution and characters of T. cai/ana and T. braziliensis 

 in my revision of Spix' types : Ahhamll. Akad. Wissensch. Miinchen, ii. Kl., Bd. xxii. 

 3. 1906. pp. 667-8. Their ranges are not correctly given by llidgway.* For 

 instance, the examples from Guaraj-os, Eastern Bolivia, t coll. D'Orbigny, which 

 I examined in the Paris Mnsenm, belong to T. catjana, and not to braziliensis as 

 supposed by Ridgway. 



91. Casiornis rufa rufa (Vieill.). 



Thamnophilus ruftis Vieillofc, Nnuv. Dirt. in. p. 31B (1816. — ex Azara's " Batara roxo '' (= No. 218 t): 



Paraguay). 

 Thamnophilus riililusYieiUot (nec'Vieillot^ 1816), Tabl. enc. metli. ii. p. 747 (1822. e.\ Azara's 



" Batara roxo " — which Vieillot erroneously quotes as No. 215). 

 (?) Miiscicapa rubra Vieillot, Noiir. Did. xxii. p. 457 (1818. — ex Azara's •' Suiriri roxo " (= No. 



188) : Paraguay). 

 Casiornis rubra Pelzein, I.e. p. 96 (Goiaz, Ponte alta). 

 Casiornis typus Des Murs, in Voyage Exp. Castelnau, Oisemix, p. 55. tab. xviii. fig. 1 (1856. — Goyaz). 



Nos. 1874, 1915, 2030. c?, ? ? ad., Goyaz, March, April 1906.— Wing 85, 85, 

 81 ; tail 83, 80, 79 mm. 



Nos. 2145, 2172. S ad., S imm., Rio Thesouras, May 1906.— Wing 84, 80; 

 tail 83, 75 mm. 



Nos. 2211, 2282, 2296, 2308, 23.52. c?(?, ? ? ad. and imm., Rio Aragnaya, 

 June, July, August 1906.— Wing 80—85 ; tail 79—86 mm. 



Nos. 1673, 1644, 1719. JcJad., Faz. Esperan^a, December 1905, .Tannary 

 1906.— AVing 84, 80 ; tail 79, 85. 



Nos. 1634, 1641, 1667, 1672, 1674, 1712, 1717, 1720. ? ? ad. and jr., Faz. 

 Esperanga, December 1905, January 1906. — Wing 79 — 83 mm. 



These specimens are exactly similar to several topotypical skins from Paraguay, 

 and others from Eastern Bolivia (D'Orbigny) and Mattogrosso. In all of this 

 large series the back and rump are deep cinnamou-rufons, the cap being scarcely 

 darker. 



In Eastern Brazil (from Bahia to Par:!) C. r. i-iifa is replaced by C. rufa fiisca 

 Scl. & Salv.,11 which differs chiefly by having the back dull earthy or rufescent 

 brown, in decided contrast to the ciunamon-rnfons cap and upper tail-coverts. 



The above is the correct name of the western form which had usually been 

 called C 7ubra. It is, however, extremely doubtful whether M. rubra really refers 

 to the species in question. Moreover, the name T. ru/us, which is accompanied by 

 an unmistakable description, has the priority by two years. 



• Birdt North and Middle America, iv. 1907. p. 867. 



t Psaris oayanits Lafr. & D'Orb. Syn. Av. i. in Mag. Xool. 1837. cl. ii. p. 41. 



X In the Spanish edition No. 218, in ed. Sonnini No. 217. 



§ r. rutilui Vieillot, Xinn: Diet. iii. 181G. p. 317 (Madagascar). 



II jYomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 159 (1873. — Bahia). 



