51. ELATKEA. 153 



base ; feet dark horn-colour : whole length 6*5 inches, wing 3-5, 

 tail 3*3. Female similar. 



Hub. Southern Brazil, Bolivia, and Southern Peru. 



The large size and entire absence of the vertical spot distinguish 

 this species. 



Ypanema, S.E. Brazil {Natt.). Sclater Coll. 



Sao Paolo, Brazil (Joyner). Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Brazil {Joyner). 



e. 3 ad. sk. Lagoa Santa, Minas, Brazil Sclater Coll. 



{Lund). 



f. 5 ad. sk. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Sclater Coll. 



(Jlicring). 



g. Ad. sk. South Brazil {Sells). Sclater Coll. 

 h. Jr. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



i t J. Ad sk. Tilotilo, Yungas, Bolivia (Buck- Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



ley), 



k. Ad. sk. Bolivia. J. Gould, Esq. 



1. Ad. sk. Huiro, Peru ( Whitely). Sclater Coll. 



m. cJ ad. sk. Huiro, Peru ( Whitely). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



22. Elainea mesoleuca. 



Elainea mesoleuca, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 60 ; Scl. Cat. 



A. B. p. 217 ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 407, et 1870, p. 835 ; Scl. et Salv. 



Nomencl. p. 49 ; Berl. et Jlier. Zeitsckr. ges. Orn. 1885, p. 132. 

 Muscipeta modesta, Max. Beitr. hi. p. 923(?). 



Above uniform olive-green : wings and tail blackish brown ; tips 

 of wiug-coverts, forming two transverse bars, and outer margins of 

 external secondaries white ; rest of wing and tail-feathers very 

 narrowly margined with olive : beneath pale grey, tinged with olive- 

 green on the breast and flanks ; middle of belly pure white ; under 

 wing-coverts white tinged with yellowish ; upper mandible brown, 

 lower white, tipped with brown ; feet dark brown : whole length 

 5 - 2 inches, wing 3*1, tail 2"5. Female similar, but rather smaller. 



Hal. S.E. Brazil. 



Some specimens of E. albiceps, in which the vertical spot is absent, 

 come very near this species, and have caused me some difficulty. 

 But the examples assigned to this species are of a clearer lighter 

 olive-green above, although I am by no means sure that they are 

 anything more than females and young of E. albiceps. {Cf. v. Ber- 

 lepsch, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1885, p. 133.) 



a. Ad.sk. Bahia, Brazil (Wucherer). Sclater Coll. 



b, c. Ad.sk. Bahia, Brazil (Wucherer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



23. Elainea arenarum. 



Elainea arenarum, Salv. P. Z.S. 1863, p. 190; Lawr. Ann. L. N. Y. 

 ix. p. 112; Frantz. J. f. O. 1869, p. 307; Scl et Salv. Nomencl. 

 p. 49. 



Above dark cinereous with a slight olive tinge ; head, wings, and 



