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Above and below smoky grey, clearer on the head and breast ; 

 belly, crissum, and under wing-coverts bright rufous ; wings black, 

 inner secondaries bright chestnut, terminated with white, outer 

 secondaries black, tipped with white ; wing-coverts grey, margined 

 with white ; tail black, outer margins of external pair of rectrices 

 and tips of all whitish ; two outer primaries emarginated : bill and 

 feet black: whole length 9-5 inches, wing 6*7, tail 3 - 8. Female 

 similar, but outer primaries not emarginated. 



Hal. Argentine Republic, Paraguay, and Patagonia. 



a. Ad. sk. Buenos Ayres (Bwmeister). Sclater Coll. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Buenos Ayres (Burmeister). Prof. Bumieister[C.]. 



d. Jad.sk. Conchitas, Buenos Ayres {Hudson). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. La Plata. Bravard [C.]. 

 /. Ad. sk. Parana. Sclater Coll. 



g, h. Ad. sk. Chili ( ?). Zool. Soc. Coll. 



*. Ad. st. Maldonado. C. Darwin, Esq. [C.]. 



k. Ad. st. Maldonado. Lieut. Burnett and 



Capt. Fitzroy [C.]. 

 A Ad. sk. Chupat, Patagonia. H. Durnford [C.J. 



2. Myiotheretes erythropygius. 



Tsenioptera erythropygia, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 193, pi. 41. 

 Mviotheretes erythropygius, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 78 ; id. Cat. 



A. B. p. 197 ; Sol. et Salv. Nomencl, p. 42 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 677 



(S. Peru) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 187. 



Above smoky black, head greyish, clearer on the front : wings 

 black, with a large white patch on the outer secondaries ; rump 

 bright chestnut ; tail chestnut, broadly tipped with black, two 

 middle rectrices wholly black : below bright rufous, throat and 

 breast smoky grey, under wing-coverts bright rufous ; bill and feet 

 black : whole length 8-8 inches, wing 5-5, tail 4-1 . 



Hab. Ecuador and Peru. 



a. $ ad. sk. Panza, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Sical, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Quito. Gould Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Sclater Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Ecuador. 



3. Myiotheretes striaticollis. 



Tyrannus rufiventris, d'Orb. et Lafr. Syn. Av. i. p. 45; d'Orb. Voi/., 

 Ois. p. 312, pi. 32. figs. 3, 4 (nee Viei/L). 



Myiarchus rufiventris, Cab. in Tsc/i. F. P.. Aves, p. 153. 



Taenioptera striaticollis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 193, pi. 42. et 1855, 

 p. 77. 



Mviotheretes striaticollis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 92; id. Cat. A. B. 

 p. 197; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 42; iid. P.Z.S. 1874, p. 677 

 (S. Peru), 1875, p. 234 (Venezuela), et 1879, p. 511 (Antioquia ) 

 et p. 610 (Bolivia); Tacz. P.Z.S. 1874, p. 532, et 1882, p. 18 

 (N.E. Peru) ; id. Om. Per. ii. p. 187. 



Above brown, wings and tail chestnut, edged and broadly tipped 

 with black : below, throat and breast white striated with black ; 



