152 TYBATWID^. 



with. It belongs to the group of E. gaimardi, but is of a nearly 

 uniform cinereous white below, with very slight tinge of yellowish, 

 as portrayed in Swainson's figure. A similar skin is in Graf v. 

 Berlepsch's collection. 



a. Ad. sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



20. Elainea ruficeps. 



Elainea ruficeps, Pelz. Urn. Bras. pp. 108, 179 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 

 p. 49 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 294. 



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

 nuchal spot of dull red ; wings and tail blackish ; tips of the wing- 

 coverts, forming two bars, and outer margins of external secondaries 

 whitish : beneath dirty white, obscurely streaked with cinereous ; 

 belly tinged with yellowish; under wing-coverts clear yellowish 

 white ; bill brown, paler at the base of the lower mandible ; feet 

 black : whole length 5-2 inches, wing 2 - 7, tail 2'2. Female similar, 

 but red nuchal spot less developed. 



Hah. Guiana and Amazonia. 



This species is very well marked by its dark colour and red 

 crest. 



a-c. S ^d. ; d-f. Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c? $ ad.sk. (Whitely). 



g, h. $ 2 ad. sk. Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana Sclater Coll. 



{Whitely). 

 i. Ad. sk. Oyapoc, Cayenne. Sclater Coll. 



21. Elainea obscura. 



Muscipeta obscura, Lafr. et d'Orb. Syn. Av. i. p. 48 (1837). 



Muscipeta guillernini, d'Orb. Voy., 6is. p. 319 

 Elainea rustica, Scl. P. Z * 

 Elainea obscura 

 Hein. Mus 



ia, Scl, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 408 ; id, Cat. A. B. p. 218. ' 

 ura, Cab. in Tsch. Faun. Per., Orn. p. 158 ; Cab. et 

 .„,. Hein, ii. p. 66; Scl P. Z. S. 1870, p. 835; Pelz. Orn. 

 Bras. p. 108 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 16 ; ltd. Nomencl. p. 49 ; 

 Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 536, 1879, p. 235, et 1880, p. 203 ; id. Orn. 

 Per. ii. p. 270. 

 Muscicapa olivacea, Lafr. et d'Orb. Syn. Av. i. p. 54 (?). 

 Muscicapara boliviana, d'Orb. Voy., Ois. p. 458 (?). 

 Elainea olivacea, Scl P. Z. S. 1859, p. 46, et 1861, p. 408 id. Cat. 



A. B. p. 218. 

 Elainea obscura rustica, Berl. et Jlier. Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1885, 

 p. 132. 



Above dark olive-brown ; head slightly crested, but with no ver- 

 tical spot ; wings and tail blackish brown ; tips of wing-coverts, 

 forming two transverse bands, and outer margins of external secon- 

 daries dirty white : beneath cinereous, middle of belly yellowish ; 

 under wing-coverts greyish white ; bill brown, pale reddish at the 



