MYIOBIUS N^VIUS. 151 



in the forests of Campo Santo in November ; and Barrows obtained 

 specimens among the Paradise -trees in the Plaza at Concepcion, in the 

 same month of the year. 



160. HIRUNDINEA BELLICOSA (Vieill). 

 (WARLIKE TYRANT.) 



Hirundinea bellicosa, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 51 ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 607 

 (Catamarca). Hirundinea rupestris, Scl. Ibis, 1869, p. 198, pi. v. fig. 8. 



Description. Above sooty brown ; wings blackish, with a large ferruginous 

 red blotch occupying the greater portion of the inner primaries and secondaries ; 

 rump and greater part of the tail-feathers ferruginous red ; apical portion of 

 tail-feathers blackish : beneath ferruginous red, throat greyish ; under wing- 

 coverts and inner webs of wing-feathers, except the tips, similar to the belly, 

 but brighter : bill and feet black : whole length 7*0 inches, wing 4'3, tail 2-2. 

 Female similar. 



Hal. S.E. Brazil, Paraguay _, and Northern Argentina. 



This Flycatcher is by no means common in Catamarca. It is seen 

 about the houses in pairs, but not more than one pair at a time at one 

 dwelling, perched upon some projection, whence it darts off into the 

 air at passing insects. 



" The snap of its beak, as it dashes at the flies, can be heard a long 

 way off. Its cry is peculiar and piteous. There is no perceptible 

 difference in plumage between the male and female." White, I. s. c. 



161. MYIOBIUS NJEVIUS (Bodd.). 

 (LITTLE BROWN TYRANT.) 



Myiobius naevius, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 61 j White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. G07 

 (Buenos Ayrea) ; Barrows, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Cl. vol. viii. p. 201 (Entrerios). 



Description. Above brown ; lores whitish ; concealed vertical crest red or 

 yellow ; wings blackish, two bands across the coverts and outer margins of 

 external secondaries pale rufous or fulvous, sometimes whitish ; tail dark brown : 

 beneath fulvous white ; sides of throat, breast, and flanks more or less distinctly 

 flammulated with brown ; under wing-coverts pale fulvous ; bill brown ; lower 

 mandible whitish ; feet blackish : whole length 47 inches, wing 2-5, tail 2-3. 

 Female similar, but crest yellow or absent. 



Hal. Veragua and Cisaudean South America down to Argentine 

 Republic. 



