580 Mr. Charles Chubb on the 



d. S> e )f- ? a d' Sapucay, June 6-19, 1904. 



g. ? ad. Sapucay, July 18, 1904. 



h. <$ ; i, k, I. ? ad. Sapucay, September 3-13, 1904. 



[This species is resident and quite the commonest of all 

 the genus. The nest is one of the most lovely things 

 imaginable, formed of moss and bound together with spider- 

 webs ; two eggs only are laid, and nesting goes on until 

 quite late in the season. — W. F.~] 



140. Elainia mesoleuca. 



Elainea nasoleuca Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. CO 

 (1859) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 153. 



Elainia mesoleuca Berlepsch, Proc. 4th Intern. Orn. 

 Congr., 'Ornis/ xiv. p. 414 (1907). 



a, b. <J ? ad. Sapucay, March 18, 31, 1904. 



c. ? ad. Sapucay, April 29, 1904. 



d. ? ad. „ May 8, 1904. 



Bill horn-coloured above, pinkish below at base ; tarsi and 

 feet black ; iris brown. 



141. Elainia caniceps. 



Tyrannula caniceps Swains. B. Brazil and Mexico, pi. 49 

 (1841: Brazil). 



Elainea caniceps Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 151. 



Myiopagis caniceps Sharpe, Hand-list B. iii. p. 117 (1901); 

 Oberh. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 137 (1902 : Sapucay) ; 

 Ihcring, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 325 (Paraguay). 



Elainia caniceps Berlepsch, Proc. 4th Intern. Orn. Congr., 

 'Ornis/ xiv. p. 422 (1907); Hellmayr, Nov. Zool. xv. p. 45 

 (1908). 



Elainea taczanoivskii Berlepsch, Ibis, 1883, p. 137 (Bahia) ; 

 Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 144. 



Elcenia cinerea taczanowskii Berlepsch, Proc. 4th Intern. 

 Orn. Congr., 'Ornis/ xiv. p. 433 (1907;. 



a. $ ad. Sapucay, April 29, 1904. 



Bill and feet black ; iris light brown. 



b-e. c? ; /. ? ad. Sapucay, July 1904. 



Iris brown with whitish outer circle. 



g. <$ ad. Sapucay, August 20, 1904. Iris whitish. 



h. £ ad. Sapucay, September 12, 1904. 



