(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, pl. 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.
Hab. 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, l. s. c.
[161.] MYIOBIUS NÆVIUS (Bodd.).
(LITTLE BROWN TYRANT.)
Myiobius nævius, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 51; White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 607 (Buenos Ayres); 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 4·7 inches, wing 2·5, tail 2·3. Female similar, but crest yellow or absent.