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TYRANN'IIL*:. 



e'". Body above clear cinereous; 



nuchal spot bright rufous .... 10. ryfivertex, p. 08. 

 b. Bill with a brown spot at the base : 



) larger ; wings uniform 11. mandirostris, p. 59. 



) smaller : wings banded with rufous. 12. jturiatilis, p. 59. 

 B. Inner webs of wing-feathers rufous 13. rufipennis, p. 60. 



1. Muscisaxicola albifrons. 



Ptyonura albifrons, Tsch, Faun. Per., Aves, p. 167, pi. 12. fig. 2 ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 196. 

 Muscisaxicola albifrons, Ph. et Landb. Wieqm. Arch. 1865, i. p. 78 ; 



Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 986, et 1868, p. 569 (S. Peru) ; iid. 



Nomencl. p. 44 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874. p. 533 (Peru) ; id. Orn, Per. 



ii. p. 209. 



Above brownish cinereous ; front white ; lores black ; wing- 

 coverts and edges of secondaries light cinereous ; primaries blackish 

 towards their tips ; upper tail-coverts and tail blackish, outer 

 margins of outer rectrices white : beneath pale cinereous, almost white 

 on belly, crissum, and under wing-coverts; bill and feet black: 

 whole length 9 inches, wing 6, tail 4. Female similar. 



Hah. Central and Southern Peru. 



The larger size renders this tine species easily distinguishable 

 from its congeners. 



a.Jad.sk. Salinas, S. Peru (Whitely). Sclater Coll. 



b. cj ad. sk. Ninabanba, Peru (Jelskij. Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Peru. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



2. Muscisaxicola alpina. 



Tsenioptera alpina, Jard. Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 47, t. 21. 

 Muscisaxicola albifrons, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 78 ; id. Ibis, 1866, p. 57 ; 



id, Cat. A. B. p. 205 (err.). 

 Muscisaxicola alpina, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 92 ; Scl. et Salt: Nomencl 



p. 44 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 986. 



Above brownish cinereous : front and short superciliaries white ; 

 upper tail-coverts and tail blackish, outer margin of outer rectrix 

 white : beneath pale cinereous, passing into white on the belly, 

 crissum, and under wing-coverts ; bill and feet black: whole length 

 7 - 5 inches, wing 5-3, tail 3*4. Female similar. 



Hah. Andes of Western Ecuador. 



Very like 21. albifrons, but much smaller. 



a-c. Ad. sk. Andes of Quito {Jameson). 



d. J ad. sk. Panza, Ecuador (Fraser). 



e. Ad. sk. Guagua Pichincha, Ecuador 



{Fraser). 



f. Ad. sk. Chimborazo. 



;i, h. Ad. sk. Sical, Ecuador {Buckley). 



i. Ad. sk. Ecuador. 



Jar dine Coll. 

 (Tvpes of the species.) 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 



L. Fraser [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Purchased. 



