144: TYRANNID^. 



7. Elainea hypospodia. 

 Elainea hypospodia, Scl. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 49. 



Above dark cinereous: head subcrested,with a concealed white ver- 

 tical spot ; wings blackish, with white terminal spots on the coverts, 

 forming two well-defined cross bands, and the outer secondaries 

 margined and terminated with white ; tail ashy like the back : beneath 

 pale cinereous ; middle of belly, crissum, and under wing-coverts 

 white ; bill brown, pale reddish at the base : whole length 5 - 3 

 inches, wing 2-9, tail 2*5. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



Rather larger than E. leucospodia, and without any trace of 

 yellow or olive on its plumage. 



a. Jad.sk. Valencia, Venezuela (Goering). Sclater Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



8. Elainea taczanowskii. 



Elainea taczanowskii, Berl. Ibis, 1883, p. 137. 



Above grey, with a very slight olivaceous tinge ; head blackish, 

 slightly crested, with a white basal spot ; wings blackish, wing- 

 coverts and secondaries margined with white ; tail blackish brown : 

 beneath white, breast and sides cinereous ; under wing-coverts 

 white ; bill brown, pale at the base ; feet black : whole length 4-5 

 inches, wing 2-4, tail 2. 



Hab. S.E. Brazil. 



Described from the typical specimen, from Bahia, in Graf v. 

 Berlepsch's collection. 



9. Elainea leucospodia. 



Elainea leucospodia, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 325, et 1880, p. 203 ; Orn. 

 Per. ii. p. 267. 



Above cinereous; head darker, with a well-marked basal crest of 

 pure white ; wings and tail blackish, with more or less decided 

 whitish edgings : beneath pale cinereous, middle of belly white ; Hanks 

 and crissum with a slight yellowish tinge ; bill brown, whitish at 

 the base: feet black: whole length 4 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1*9. 

 Female similar. 



Hab. Western Peru. 



Generally resembling E. albiceps, but at once distinguishable by 

 its smaller size. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Tumbez, Peru (Jelski). Sclater Coll. 



b. $ ad. sk. Chepen, Peru (Stolzmann). Sclater Coll. 





