224 XYRAimrD^;. 



3. Einpidonax bimaculatus. 



Muscipeta bimaculata, cFOrb. etLafr. Syn. Av. i. p. 48 (1837); d'Or'i. 



V,n,., Ois. p. 320. 

 Einpidonax bimaculatus, Scl. Ibis, 1887, p. 65 ; Scl. et Huds. Ary. 



Oni. i. p. 155. 

 Empidochanes fuscatus, Bel. et Salv. Nomcncl. p. 51 ; iid. P. Z. S. 



1867, p. 978, et 1872, p. 281 (E. Peru). 

 Empidochanes euleri, Cab. J.f. 0. 1868, p. 195 ; Reinh. Fuylef. 



Camp. Bras. p. 142. 

 Einpidonax brmmeus, Ridyw. N. A. B. ii. p. 363 (1874) ; id. Lbis, 



1886, pp. 460, 463. 

 Einpidonax brunnescens, Salvin, Pais, 1874, p. 309. 

 Empidochanes argentinus, Cab. J.f. O. 1868, p. 196 (?). 



Above nmber-brown, more or less rufescent ; lores with a whitish 

 spot; wings blackish, all the coverts broadly tipped with pale rufous 

 or ochreous, forming two transverse bars; outer margins of external 

 secondaries of the same colour : tail brown, like the back, but not 

 rufescent : beneath dirty cinereous white, throat and belly lighter, 

 and with a more or less pronounced yellowish tinge ; under wing- 

 coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers ochraceous ; upper man- 

 dible dark brown, lower whitish ; feet pale brown : whole length 

 5 inches, wing 2 - 6, tail 2 - 4. 



Hab. South-east Brazil, Bolivia, and north of Argentine Re- 

 public. 



The types of E. brunneus, Ridgway, which have been kindly sent 

 to me for examination, belong to the smaller form from the Argen- 

 tine Republic, which Cabanis has called E. argentinus. But I do 

 not see much ground for their specific separation. The type of 

 d'Orbigny's M. bimaculata agrees with the larger Brazilian form. 



In accordance with Mr. Bidgway's views, I place this species in 

 the genus Einpidonax ; but it is so like Empidoehanes fringillaris, 

 that I am still not quite convinced that this is its correct position. 

 The shorter tarsi and white under mandible of the present bird 

 are the chief points which distinguish the two species. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil (Wucherer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Rio, Brazil {Lund). Sclater Coll. 



d. <3 ad. sk. Curytiba, Brazil (Natterer). Sclater Coll. 



e. 5 ad. sk. Sao Paolo, Brazil (Joyner). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. <$ ad. sk. Rio Grande do Sid, Brazil Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Joyner). 



y, h. Ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



i. Ad. sk. Brazil. J. Gould, Esq. 



?'. c? ad. sk. Pebas, Peru {Handioell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Empidonax oliva. 



Gobe-mouche olive de Cayenne, Daub. PI. Enl. 574. fig. 2. 

 Muscicapa oliva, Bodd. Table d. PL Enl. p. 34. 

 Muscicapa agilis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 948. 

 Myiobius agilis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 188. 



