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closely iii coloration, while its measurements compare with those of V. 

 crassirostris and V. ocliraceus, as follows : 



* Measurements given by Salvin & Godman in Biol. Centr. Am. Aves, I, p. 201. 



The present bird certainly agrees much better, both in coloration and 

 measurements, with V. crassirostris than with V. ochraceus, notwith- 

 standing the latter is its nearer neighbor geographically. 



4. Elainea cinerescens, sp. hov. 



Sp. char.— Adult $ (type, No. 97849, U. S. Nat. Mus.) : Upper parts 

 deep brownish gray, without trace of olive tinge, somewhat lighter on 

 the rump and browner on the upper tail-coverts ; feathers of the cen- 

 tral portion of the crown pure white beneath the surface ; wings dusky, 

 the greater and middle coverts broadly and distinctly, but not sharply, 

 tipped with light brownish gray, passing into white at the margin; ter- 

 tials broadly edged with grayish white, and secondaries narrowly mar- 

 gined with the same to within about .25 of an inch of the tips of the 

 greater coverts; primaries very narrowly margined with whitish, be- 

 coming browner basally. Sides of head and neck uniform, slightly 

 brownish, ash-gray, fading gradually into grayish white on the chin and 

 throat, the entire sides and flanks, however, about the same shade as the 

 sides of the neck, and jugulum distinctly, though not abruptly, pale 

 grayish; abdomen and anal region white ; lower tail-coverts pale gray- 

 ish brown beneath the surface, the tips broadly white. Maxilla brownish 

 black, mandible pale brown, tipped with blackish ; legs and feet black. 

 Wing, 3.45; tail, 3.30, forked for about .15 of an inch; culmcn, .68; 

 bill from nostril, .35; tarsus, .90; middle toe, .55. 



Adult 2 (type, No. 97848, U.S. Nat. Mus.): Similar to the $ in color. 

 Wing, 3.15; tail, 2.90; culmen, .GO; tarsus, .80; middle toe, .50. 



This species is distinguished by its ashy coloration, there being no 

 trace whatever of any olive or yellowish tinge. Its nearest ally is per- 

 haps the Antillean E. martinica (Linn.). 



