15. Elainea subplacens. 



Elaiuea subplacens, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 407 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 218 ; 

 id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 835 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 48 ; Bed. et 

 Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 555, et 1885, p. 122 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. 

 p. 268. 



Very similar in all respects to E. placens, and distinguished only 

 by its larger size and duller colour above. lb is also, perhaps, 

 slightly paler below. Whole length 5-9 inches, wing 3, tail 2-9. 



Hab. Western Ecuador. 



a, b. cS ad. sk. Pallatanga (Fraser). 



c. ^ ad. sk. Pallatanga (Fraser). 



d. Ad. sk. Balzar Mountains, Ecuador 



{Tiling worth). 



e. Ad. sk. Puna Island, Ecuador (Buckley). 



Sclater Coll. (Types 



of E. subplaceyis.) 

 L. Fraser [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



16. Elainea cotta. 



Elainea cotta, Gosse, Ann. N. H. ser. 2, iii. p. 257 (1849) ; id. IB. B. 

 Jam. pi. 45 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861, pp. 76, 408 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 218 ; 

 Albrecht, J.f. O. 1862, p. 198; Scl. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 835; Scl. et 

 Salv. Nomencl. p. 48. 



Above olive-brown, slightly greenish on the rump ; head darker, 

 slightly crested, with a large basal spot of bright yellow ; wings and 

 tail brownish black ; secondaries slightly margined externally 

 with yellowish : beneath pale cinereous, belly tinged with sulphur- 

 yellow ; under wing-coverts pale sulphur-yellow ; bill brown, 

 paler at the base of the lower mandible ; feet black : whole length 

 5 inches, wing 1*7, tail 1'5. Female similar, but without the 

 yellow vertical spot. 



Hab. Jamaica. 



