AVES TYRANNID/G. 807 



further south it is scarce. It occurs sparingly in Chiloe, according to the 

 German observers, but on the mainland I did not see any near the La- 

 guna de Llanquehui. I once saw one in some reeds by the Rio Pilmai- 

 guen in February, but could not get a shot at it ; it made no noise, and 

 appeared to be a solitary wanderer. It is known as the ' Siete-colores' 

 (seven colors) in all the districts which it frequents regularly. 



"I only observed the birds in reeds, and I think they roost in them at 

 night. The nest is placed on a single reed about i8 inches or 2 feet 

 above the water. I believe three or four eggs are laid. In places where 

 these birds are plentiful they make a good deal of chattering, the usual 

 note being a metallic clicking or very sharp chirping; I should be inclined 

 to compare it to tapping the point of a knife on a plate." (Ibis, p. 33, 



1897.) 



Genus ELyENEA Sundevall. 



Type. 



ElcBueaSwxi^. K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1835, p. 89 (1836) . . E. pagana. 

 Geographical Range. — America and adjacent islands from southern 

 Mexico to the Straits of Magellan ; Tierra del Fuego. 



El^nea albiceps albiceps (d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye). 

 Mitscicapa albiceps d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye. Syn. Av. p. 47 (1836) 

 (Yungas, Bolivia). 



Description. — Adult male, 7539 P. U. O. C, Punta Arenas, Chili, 

 December 24, 1897, J. B. Hatcher. Total length, 5.70 inches; wing, 3.12; 

 culmen, .40; tail, 2.65; tarsus, .82. Above hair brown with an olive 

 wash, vertical spot silky white ; wings and tail dark brown, two conspicu- 

 ous whitish wing bands formed by the tips of the coverts and tertials 

 broadly and secondaries narrowly edged with the same ; below pale cinere- 

 ous, becoming white on the abdomen and under tail coverts slightly tinged 

 with olive on the flanks ; feet black, bill blackish brown, lower mandible paler 

 at base. Young birds (Decem.ber 23) with tails only partly grown are much 

 browner above, with a buffy wash on the gray below and light marks on 

 the wings tinged with buff 



Geographical Range. — Bolivia, Chili (to Strait of Magellan), Argentina 

 and Patagonia. 



A large series of this species was obtained at Punta Arenas in December 

 and January. One young in juvenal plumage is paler and less green 

 above. Another similar specimen was obtained at Rio Chico in February. 



