51. ELAINEA. 



151 



m. $ ad. sk. Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana Salviu-Godrnan Coll. 



( Whitely). 

 n, o. S 2 ad- sk. Camacusa, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



(Whitely). 

 p,q. S 2 ad. sk. Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Whitely). 

 r. Ad. sk. Guiana. 



s. Ad. sk. Cayenne. 



t. Ad. sk. Oyapoc, Cayenne, 



w. c? ad. sk. Borba, Brazil (Natterer). 



(Typical of E. elegans, Pelz.) 

 v. c? ad. sk. Pebas, E. Peru (Hauxivell). Sclater Coll. 



w. 2 ad. sk. Pebas, E. Peru (Hauxwell). Salvin-Godman Coll 



x. Ad. sk. Simacu, Bolivia (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



y. Ad. st. Brazil (F). Purchased. 



Sclater Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Sclater Coll. 



18. Elainea flavivertex. 

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



Above olive-green, rather paler on the rump ; head blackish, 

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

 blackish, both rows of wing-coverts broadly tipped with yellowish, 

 forming two transverse bands ; secondaries margined externally 

 with yellowish ; tail brown, with slight olivaceous margins : beneath 

 cinereous, lighter on the throat ; belly tinged with sulphur-yellow ; 

 under wing-coverts pale sulphur-yellow ; bill brown ; feet blackish : 

 whole length 4*6 inches, wing 2-3, tail 2-1. 



Hab. Upper Amazonia. 



This species resembles E. gaimardi, but is much darker below, 

 and has a fiery yellow crest like E. placens. 



a. Ad. sk. Upper Ucayali (Bartlett). Sclater Coll. (Type 



of the species). 



b. Ad. sk. Upper Ucayali (Bartlett). E. Bartlett [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Elvira, E. Peru (HauxwelT). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



19. Elainea caniceps. 



Tyrannula caniceps, Su\ B. Brazil, t. 49 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 191. 

 Elainea caniceps, Pelz. Orn, Bras. p. 107 (?). 



Above olive-green ; upper part of the back cinereous ; head dark 

 cinereous, slightly crested, with a large basal spot of white, slightly 

 tinged with yellow ; wings and tail blackish ; tips of wing-coverts, 

 forming two transverse bands, and outer margins of the secondaries 

 pale yellowish white : beneath pale cinereous, almost white on the 

 belly ; crissum and under wing-coverts slightly tinged with yellow : 

 bill dark brown ; feet blackish : whole length 4 inches, wing 2-2, 

 tail 1-7. 



Hab. S.E. Brazil. 



My description is from a single skin from the collection of Messrs. 

 Salvin and Godman, which is, I think, more likely to be the true 

 Tyrannula caniceps of Swainson than any other bird I have met 



