51. ELAINEA. 



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external secondaries white, other secondaries with slight whitish 

 margins : beneath pale yellowish, cinereous on the throat ; under 

 wing-coverts pale yellowish ; bill brown, lower mandible paler ; 

 feet blackish : whole length 5 - 8 inches, wing 2 - 8, tail 2-6. Female 

 similar, but white vertical spot sometimes absent. 



Hob. Ecuador and Peru. 



This species is closely allied to E. oliviua, but is not quite so 

 dark above and not quite so yellow below. The under -wing-coverts 

 are yellowish, not white. 



a, b. $ ad.sk. Pallatanga, Ecuador (Fraser). 



c. Jr. sk. Pallatanga, Ecuador (Fraser). 



d. Ad. sk. Vicinity of Quito, Ecuador. 

 e,f. Ad. sk. Jiiua, Ecuador (Buckley). 



Sclater Coll. 



(Types of the species.) 

 L. Fraser. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godinan Coll, 



13. Elainea fallax. 



Elainea sp. ex Jamaica, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 314. 

 Elainea fallax, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 407, et 1870, p. 832 ; id. Cat, 

 A. B. p. 217 ; Scl. et Salt: Nomencl. p. 48. 



Head and wing of Elainea fallax. (P. Z. S. 1870, p. 833.) 



Above dark olive-brown ; head darker, slightly crested, with a 

 large white basal spot ; wings and tail blackish ; tips of wing- 

 coverts forming two white cross bands, and outer margins of 

 external secondaries whitish ; rest of wing- and tail-feathers 

 slightly margined with olivaceous : below pale yellowish, rather 

 lighter ou the middle of the throat ; under wing-coverts pale 

 yellowish ; bill dark brown, lower mandible pale at the base ; feet 

 blackish : whole length 5*2 inches, wing 2-7, tail 2-5. Female 

 similar. 



Hah. Jamaica. 



E. fallax is closely allied to the three preceding species, but may 

 be distinguished by its smaller size and shorter bill. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Jamaica ( Ward). Sclater Coll. 



(Types of E. fallax.) 

 c, d. <$ 2 a( ^ 8 ^> Jamaica (Newton). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



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