143. CULICIVORA STENURA (Temm.).

(NARROW-TAILED TYRANT.)

+Culicivora stenura+, _White, P. Z. S._ 1882, p. 605 (Misiones).

_Description._--Above sandy brown, striated with black; head nearly

black; lores and superciliaries white; wings and tail blackish with

slight brownish edgings; below pale sandy buff, more brownish on the

sides of the neck and flanks; bill and feet black: whole length 3·7

inches, wing 1·7; tail, ext. rectr. 1·3, med. 1·9.

_Hab._ S.E. Brazil.

An example of this species is stated by White to have been obtained by

him at Itapua, Misiones, in July 1881, but there was possibly an error

in its identification.

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