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 146. Tyranniscus gracilipes Scl. & Salv. 



Tyramiincus gmciUpes Scl. & Salv., P.Z.8. 18G7 p. 981 (typ. ex Pebas, Peru or.). 



Maipures : ? ad. is. xii. '98. "Iris seal ; feet slate black: bill above black, 

 below slate black.'' 



(No. 11518 Cherrie.) 



Al. 42|, cancl. 30i, culm, n, tars. 13i mm. 



Hartert has compared the specimen with tlie t3'pe iu the British Mnsenm, aud 

 could hot see any marked differences. 



147. Elainea pagana (Licht.). 



Mnscicapa pagana Licht., Doiihl. Verz. (1823) p. 54 (Jy2>. ex Bahia). 



Altagracia: 6 11. xi., i 17. xi., 3 Si 6, 8, 29. xii. '97, 3 ? ? 4. xii. '97; 10. i., 

 2. ii., 17. xi. '98, 



Caicara : 3 <? J 25. ii., 6. iv. '98. " Iris seal ; feet slate (black) ; bill black." 



Quiribana de Caicara : ? 18. iv. 



(Nos. 8570, 8690, 8691, 9029, 9043, 9080, 9095, 9455, 9529, 9608, 9942, 9943, 

 10263, 10264, 10265, 10629 Cherrie coll.) 



Ciudad Bolivar : <?, 3 ? ? August, December, Jnlv (Klages). 



Suapure : ? ? 4, 5. xii. (Klages). 



La Pricion : S ad. 13. xii. 1900 (E. Andr^). 



Nest and eggs were taken at Quiribana de Caicara on April 18, the parent bird 

 being shot. The two eggs are of a beautiful rich cream-colour, and marked with 

 reddish brown large patches and spots, forming an irregular zone near the thick 

 end. There are also some pale mauve spots. Measurements : 24 by 16-6 and 

 24 by 17'1 mm. 



148. Elainea cristata Pelz. 



EUiinea cristabi Peh., Orii. Bras. (1868) pp. 107, 177 (typ. ex Goiaz). 



Altagracia: "? ?" 24. xii., 13. xi. '97; 17. xi., "(?<?" ad. 23, 13, 20, 30. xi., 

 11. i. '98. " Iris seal (sepia) ; feet black (dusky slate) ; bill dusky (blackish)." 



(Nos. 8604, 8607, 8613, 8692, 8802, 8865, 8936, 9365, 9625, 10760 Cherrie coll.). 



Ciudad Bolivar : c? juv. 2. vii. (Klages). 



E. cristata Pelz. is quite a distinct species not to be confounded with £. /layawa, 

 or E. albkeps. The wing measures only 67 (?) to 70 (cj) mm. ; the crown has a 

 well-developed crest and no white. 



A nest with one egg was taken at Quiribana de Caicara on April 16 ; ihe/emale 

 parent (no. 10760) was obtained, and had another egg in the oviduct, which became 

 damaged. The nest is a small, very neat open structure, placed near the crooked 

 end of a branch in " scrub oak " in the savannah, about seven feet above the ground. 

 The parent bird remained close by, chirping anxiously while the nest was taken. 

 The nest is composed of dry twigs, outside ornamented with small white spider-nests 

 and other white material, inside lined with the soft, silky seed-bearers of some 

 plant. The nest measures outside only 7i cm. across, the cup has a diameter of 

 4 J and a depth of about barely 3 cm. 



The egg is rather short and roundish, creamy white with minute brown-red 

 dots, forming a somewhat indistinct zone near the thick end. It measures 19-1 

 by 15-1 mm. 



