Hab. S.E. Brazil, Bolivia, and N. Argentina.
This obscure species occurs in the northern wooded districts of Argentina.
[164.] CONTOPUS BRACHYRHYNCHUS, Cab.
(SHORT-BILLED TYRANT.)
Contopus brachyrhynchus, Cab. J. f. O. 1883, p. 214.
Description.—Above cinereous, lores whitish; wings and tail blackish, with slight whitish edgings to the wing-coverts and outer secondaries; beneath paler, whitish in the middle of the belly; flanks with a concealed white patch; bill above brown, beneath pale; feet black: whole length 7·0 inches, wing 4·0, tail 3·2.
Hab. Northern Argentina.
Herr Schulz, who discovered this species near Tucuman, tells us that it is a summer visitor, and is usually seen perched on the tops of the highest trees on the look-out for insects.