478 MR. H. N. KIDLET ON THE 



Fara. ViREONiD^. 



1. ViEEO GRACILIEOSTRIS, Sp. n. 



V. similis V. maffisfro,et forsau proximus, sed forma graciliore, 

 coloribus dilutioribus, facie laterali pallide flavicante, et rostro 

 valde teuuiore et graciliore distiuguendus. Long. tot. 57, cuhnln. 

 0-6, alse 2-5, caudse 225, tarsi 08. 



Five specimens were i^rocured, and after comparing them with 

 the series of Vireonidce in the Britisli Museum, there is no doubt 

 that tlie Fernando Noronha bird conies nearest to F, magister, 

 of which species tlie Museum has now a large series from the 

 islands of the Bay of Honduras, presented by Messrs. Salvin and 



Bill of r. gracilirostris. Bill of V. maghier. 



Godmau. The yellow face and the slender bill distinguish it at 

 a glance from V. magister. 



Fam. Tyrannid^. 



2. Elatnea Ridletana. 



Elainea Ridleyana, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 107. 



This species has heen fully described by me (I. c). Dr. Sclater 

 (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv, p. 139) does not consider it to be very 

 different from U. pagan a, but the size of the bill is very marked 

 in the insular birds. 



[This bird occurred only on the main island and Eat Ishand as 

 far as we saw, and was very common in the gardens and in the 

 woods. We saw only a few nests, and of these only one was 

 finished and contained an egg, which was destroyed in an attempt 

 to reach the nest. The egg was white with dark red spots. 

 Tlie nest, which was about three inches across, was made of the 

 tendrils of Cucurbitacege and a few fine twigs, but lined thickly 

 (and in fact almost entirely constructed in some cases) with the 

 woolly down of the seeds of Oonolohus micrauihus. It was 

 jilaced often in the hare branches of a Bnrra or En/thrinn tree, 

 or in a Cashewnut-tree. — II. N. ^.] 



