TYRANNIN/E. 



gape furnished with bristles ; the nostrils lateral, with the opening rounded, and covered with projecting 

 bristles. Wings long and pointed : with the first quill long, and the second to the fourth equal and 

 longest. Tail moderate and ernarginated. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, and covered with broad 

 scales. Toes moderate ; with the outer toe rather longer than the inner, and united at the base ; the hind 

 toe moderate, and broadly padded ; the claws short, curved, and acute. 



These birds frequent the tropical parts of South America and the Galapagos Archipelago. They are migratory birds, 

 appearing in different places on the change of seasons ; and are usually observed on the bushes, but some seem to 

 prefer reeds in moist places, while others are noticed on the ground ; however they may be located, insects form their 

 chief subsistence. 



1. P. rubineus (Bodd.) — Muscicapa coronata Gmel. PI. eiil. 675. 

 f. 1., Nat. Misc. pi. 569- 



2. P. parvirostris Gould, Voy. of Beagle, pi. vi. 



3. P. obscurus Gould, Voy. of Beagle, p. 45. 



4. P. nanus Gould, Voy. of Beagle, pi. vii. 



5. P. dubius Gould, Voy. of Beagle, p. 46. 



6. P. cinnamomeus (Gmel.). 



7. P. divaricatus (Pr. Bonap.) Proc. Zool. S. 1S37. p. 112. 



8. P. circumcinctus (Swains.) B. of Bras. pi. 50. 



Elania Sundev* 



Bill moderate, rather broad, and slightly depressed at the base, with the culmen curved, and the sides 

 compressed to the tip, which is ernarginated, the lateral margins slightly curved ; the gonys short and 

 ascending; the nostrils lateral, with the opening rounded and exposed; the gape furnished with very 

 short weak bristles. Wings rather short, and with the third quill the longest. Tail moderate, and 

 slightly ernarginated. Tarsi as long as, or shorter than, the middle toe, and covered in front with 

 broad scales. Toes moderate, and rather slender ; with the outer toe rather longer than the inner, the 

 hind toe long and strong ; the claws moderate, slightly curved, and acute. 



It is in the warmer parts of South America that the species which compose this division are found. 



1. E. pagana (Licht.) Sundev. Cat. Berl. Mus. p. 54. 



2. E. brevirostris (Pr. Max.) Sundev. — Platyrhynchus paganus 

 Spix, Av. Bras. t. 16. f. 1. 



3. E. modesta (Pr. Max.) Sundev. Beitr. iii. 



4. E. aurifrons (Pr. Max.) Sundev. Beitr. iii. p. 829. 



5. E. obsolete, (Natt.) Hartl. PI. col. 275. f. 1. 



6. E. vireseens (Temm.) PI. col. 175. f. 1. 



7. E. oleaginea (Licht.) Cat. Dupl. Berl. Mus. p. 565 Mus- 

 cicapa chloronota Less.? 



8. E. poliocephala (Tschudi), Fauna Peruana, p. 15. t. 10. f. 1. 

 — Type of Mionectes Cabanis (1841). 



9. E. icterophrys (Vieill.) Ann. Nat. Hist. xiii. pi. xii — Type of 

 . Suiriri D'Orb. (1837). 



10. E. luteocephala (Less.) Tr. d'Orn. p. 392., Mag. de Zool. 

 1833. Ois. t. 13. 



11. E. viridis Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1833. p. 



12. E. rufo-olivacea Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1833. p. 



13. E. superciliaris (Tschudi), Fauna Peruana, p. 1.5., 4to t. 

 10. f. 2. — Type of Leptopogon Cab. (1841). 



14. E. cinereus (Tschudi), Fauna Peruana, p. 16. 



15. E. centralis (Natt.) PI. col. 275. f. 2. 



16. E. Suiriri (Vieill.) N. Diet. xxi. p. 287., Azara, No. 1 79. 

 — Suiriri Suiriri D'Orb. 



17. E. striaticollis (D'Orb. & Lafr.) Syn. Av. p. 51., Voy. dans 

 l'Ame'r. Mer. Ois. t. 35. f. 2. 



18. E. vermivora (Gmel.) Azara, No. 154. 



19. E. bivittata (D'Orb. & Lafr.) Syn. Av. p. 51. 



20. E. viridicata (Vieill.) N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. ii. p. 171 



Muscicapa elegans D'Orb. Sf Lafr. 



21. E. angustirostris (D'Orb. & Lafr.) Syn. Av. p. 52. 



* Established by Chevalier Sundevall in 1835. Paroides of M. Lesson (1837) and Muscicapara of M. D'Orbigny and Baron 

 Lafresnaye (1840) are synonymous. It embraces Suiriri of M. D'Orbigny (1837), Mionectes and Leptopogon of M. Cabanis (1841). 



