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that it does not belong to tliis species. There is no doubt, 

 therefore, that my identification was incorrect. At the same 

 time, however, I may say that I believe I have found an 

 earlier name for this species than Empidonax brunneus. 



The Muscipeta bimaculata of d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye 

 (given in the ' Museum Heincanum ' as a synonym of Myio- 

 phobus olivus) was quite unknown to me until a short time 

 since, when a typical specimen of it from the Paris Museum 

 was kindly lent to me for comparison. The specimen is not 

 in very good condition ; but after a close examination of it 

 I have come to the conclusion that it belongs to the same 

 species as Mr. llidgway's types of Etnpidonax brunneus. It 

 follows that, adopting Mr. Ridgway^s view that this bird 

 should be referred to Empidonax and not to Empidochanes , 

 we must in future call this species Empidonax bimaculatus. 



Of Empidonax bimaculatus my collection and that of 

 Messrs. Salvin and Godman contain together eight examples 

 from various localities in South-eastern Brazil. A ninth 

 skin, which I must also refer here (in Messrs. Salvin and 

 Godman^s collection), is from Pebas in Eastern Peru [Haux- 

 wtll), showing that Empidonax bimaculatus is not quite re- 

 stricted to South-eastern Brazil. 



Of a nearly allied northern representative of Empidonax 

 bimaculatus , distinguished by its smaller size, more olive hue 

 and yellower belly, the two collections above named contain 

 three examples from Guiana, Venezuela, and Upper Ama- 

 zonia. This is, I think, the species that is 7nost likely to be 

 the Muscicapa oliva of Boddaert (based on Pl.Enl. 574. fig. 2), 

 and I shall call it for the present Empidonax oliva. Like 

 E. bimaculatus it has short tarsi, small feet, and a white 

 lower mandible. 



As regards the three species of Empidochanes distinguished 

 by Mr. Bidgway in his article above referred to (' Ibis,'' 1886, 

 p. 461), I am as yet acquainted with only two of them. Of 

 E.friugillaris of Brazil a series of six specimens (e Muss. 

 P. L. S. et S.-G.) is now before me. Two of these are 

 Nattererian skins, and typical specimens of E. fringillaris 

 of Pelzeln. But of E. fuscatus (Max.), if distinct, I have as 



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