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7. Taenioptera pyrope. 



Muscicapa pyrope, Kittl. Mem. pres. Acad. Pelersb. i. p. 191, pi. 10 



(1831). 

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

 Xolrnis pyrope, Darw. Zool. Voy. ' Beagle,' iii. p. 55. 

 Tamioptera pyrope, Bp. Consp. i. p. 196 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 198 ; id. 



P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 326, 338 (Chili) ; id. Pep. Voy. Chall. ii. p. 102 ; 



Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 42 ; iid. Ibis, 1868, pp. 185, 187 (Str. of 



Magellan) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 433 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 8 



(Patagonia) ; Scl. Pep. Chall. Kip. ii. p. 102. 

 Pyrope kittlitzi, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 45. 



Above cinereous, lores whitish ; wings blackish, lesser coverts 

 cinereous like the back ; middle coverts and secondaries externally 

 edged with whitish ; tail cinereous, outer web of external rectrix 

 white : below pale cinereous, throat and belly nearly white ; flanks 

 and under wing-coverts pale fulvous ; bill and feet black ; two 

 outer primaries strongly acuminated : whole length 7 - 2 inches, 

 wing 4, tail 3-2. Female similar, but primaries not acuminated. 



Hob. Chili, Patagonia, and Tierra del Fuego. 



Easily known by its cinereous colour, which is much paler below, 

 and the pale buffy patch on the flanks and under wing-coverts. 

 The acuminatiou of the two outer primaries is carried to a great 

 extent in this species, but occurs only in the male sex, I believe. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Chili. Sclater Coll. 



c Ad. sk. Chili (Peed). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. Ad. st. Chili. Lieut. Burnett and 



Capt. Fitzroy [C.]. 



e,f. Ad. et jr. sk. Chili. Lord Byron [P.]. 



g. $ a d. sk. Skyring Water, Patagonia. Dr. Coppinger [C.]. 



h. S ad. sk. Sandy Point, Straits of Ma- ' Challenger ' Exp. 



gellan. 



i. Ad. sk. Port Famine, Patagonia. Sclater Coll. 



j. Ad. sk. S. America. Jardine Coll. 



8. Taenioptera niurina. 



Pepoaza niurina, dPOrb. Voy., Ois. p. 348. 



Tamioptera rnurina, Scl. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 541 (Bio Negro of 



Patagonia), et 1879, p. 460 (Cordova) ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 42; 



White, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 38 (Arg. Bep.); Scl. et Suds. Arg. Orn. 



i. p. 119. 

 Pyrope niurina, Cab. J.f. O. 1878, p. 196. 



Above sandy cinereous, whitish round the eyes ; wings and tail 

 blackish with whitish edgings: below much paler; throat whitish, 

 with slight black striations ; belly and crissum tinged with ochra- 

 ceous : under wing-coverts and flanks pale ochraceous ; bill horn- 

 colour, feet black ; two outer primaries acuminated : whole length 

 7 inches, wing 4*9, tail 2. Female similar ; but outer primaries 

 normal. 



Hab. Interior of Argentine Republic and Bio Negro district of 

 Patagonia. 



The sandy belly and ochraceous under wing-coverts render this 

 species easily recognizable. 



