14 TYKANNID.3S. 



Pepoaza irupero, d'Orb. Voy., Ois. p. 348. 



Tsenioptera irupero, Hartl. Ind, Azar. p. 13 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 196 ; 

 Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 198 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 141 (Buenos 

 Avres), et 1879, p. 610 (Bolivia) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 42; Hudson, 

 P.Z. S. 1870, pp. 333, 546 (Buenos Ayres) ; IVhite, P. Z. S. 1882, 

 p. 603 (Arg. Rep.); Barrows, Bull. Nutt. Orn. CI. viii. p. 139 

 (Entrerios) ; Scl, et Huds. Arg. Orn. i. p. 118. 



Fluvicola irupero, Dane. Zool. Voy. ' Beagle,' iii. p. 53. 



Hemipentbica irupero, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. h. p. 44. 



Muscicapa moesta, Lichf. Doubl, p. 54. 



Tnenioptera moesta, Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 517 ; id. La-Plata lieise, 

 ii. p. 460. 



Muscicapa nivea, Spiv, Av. Bras. ii. p. 20, pi. 29. fig. 1. 



Above and beneath pure white ; wings with the primaries black, 

 except tbe innermost, which are white at their bases and tipped with 

 black, and secondaries, which have narrow black shafts ; broad end 

 of the tail black ; bill and feet black ; two outer primaries acumi- 

 nated: whole length 7 inches, wing 4, tail 3*2. Female similar, 

 but no black band on the tail. 



Hab. Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentine Republic, and Bolivia. 



The smaller size and black-tipped tail distinguish this species 

 from T. dominicana. 



6. Tsenioptera holospodia. (Flate IV.) 

 Tajnioptera holospodia, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 47. 



Above cinereous, front and short superciliaries whitish ; rump 

 blackish ; wings and tail blackish cinereous, tips of the outer 

 secondaries and outer margin of external tail-feather whitish : 

 below paler, passing into whitish on the middle of the belly and 

 crissum ; under wing-coverts pale cinereous ; bill and feet black : 

 whole length 8'3 inches, wing 6, tail 3'7. 



Hab. Bolivia. 



The nearly uniform cinereous colour and large size render this 

 species easily recognizable. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Bolivia. T. Bridges [C.]. 



(Types of the species.) 



