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e. Larger (wing of foinalc 66-68.5, tail 61-65); back, etc., greenish olive, under 

 jjarts l)riglitcr and clearer yellow. (Island of Jamaica.) 



Elaenia fallax (p. 436). 

 ee. "Smaller (wing of female 61.5-64.5, tail 58.5-61.5); back, etc., grayish 

 brown, under parts paler and more buffy yellow. (Island of Haiti.) 



Elsenia cherriei (j). 437). 



d(L ITnder parts less decidedly yellowish, with abdomen white or yellowish 



white; crown without any white. (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 



Colombia.) Elaenia browni (extralimital)« 



ELiENIA MARTINICA MARTINICA (Linnaeus). 

 ' ANTILLEAN ELAENIA. 



Adults (sexes aliJce). — Above plain olive (varyino- from grayish 

 olive or almost olive-gray t(^ olive-brown), the elongated feathers of 

 pileum darker mesially, producing indistinct streaks ; postero-central 

 portion of pileum with feathers white beneath the surface, forming 

 a large, mostly concealed, patch; tail deep grayish brown or brownish 

 gray, the rectrices edged with lighter brownish gray or olive; wings 

 dusky, the middle and greater coverts broadly tipped with pale 

 gra3T.sh brown or brownish gray, the secondaries edged (except 

 basally) with very pale olive or whitish, the inner secondaries more 

 broadly edged with white or whitish, the primaries and primary 

 coverts narrowly edged with pale grayish brown, brownish gray, or 

 olive; sides of head grayish olive or olive-gra^dsh, gradually fading 

 into pale gray or grayish white on chin and throat; lores pale grayish 

 or grayish white; a narrow orbital ring of dull white; chest and 

 sides of l)reast pale gray or brownish gray, gradually fading out on 

 flanks; rest of under parts, including axillars and under wing- 

 coverts, white, sometimes faintly tinged with pale yellow (the sides 

 and flanks sometimes also faintly tinged with yellow or olive-green- 

 ish); maxilla brownish basally, dusky terminally; mandible pale 

 brownish (in dried skins) with dusky tip; iris brown; legs and feet 

 blackish (in dried skins). 



Young. — Essentially like adults, but general color of upper parts 

 more brownish and wing-bands buffy instead of l)rownish gray. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 141-167 (153); wing, 74.5-87.5 

 (78. 2); tail, 57.5-80 (68.9); exposed culmen, 10-13.5 (12); tarsus, 

 18.5-22.5 (20.7); middle toe, 11.5-14 (12.5).'' 



aElsenia browni Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii, Aug. 10, 1898, 158 (Puebla Vieja, 

 Santa Marta, Colombia, 8,000 ft. alt.;- coll. E. A. and O. Bangs), 17-5 (San Miguel, Santa 

 Marta); Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, i, 1899, 78 (San Sel)astian and El Mamon, Santa 

 Marta; crit.). — ElR'nen hroicni Allcm, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xiii, 1900, 147 (El Lorenzo 

 etc., Santa Marta). 



^ Forty-five specimens. 



