(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._