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somewhat smaller, paler green on the upper surface, outer 

 aspect of the wing bronze-colour, and the abdomen, under 

 tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts rufous instead of pale 

 cchreous. 



Total length 116 mm., exposed culmen 12, wing 62, tail 45, 

 tarsus 16. 



Hah. Mount Roraima and Merume Mountains, 3500 to 

 6000 ft., British Guiana. 



The type was collected by the late Henry Whitely Jan., on 

 Mount Roraima in December 1881, and is now in the British 

 Museum, Salvin-Godman Collection. 



Ekenia flavogaster macconnelli, subsp. n. 



The form that I propose to separate under the above title 

 has hitherto been associated by previous authors with 

 E. pagana (Licht.) = JE 1 . flavogaster (Thunberg) or E. chiri- 

 (/uensis, Lawr. It differs, however, from the former, E. flavo- 

 gaster flavogaster (Thunb.), in being darker on the upper 

 parts, and more especially so on the breast and sides of the 

 body on the under surface, and from the latter, E. chiri- 

 quensis, Lawr., in being darker on the upper surface, paler 

 yellow on the under parts, and smaller in size. 



Total length 160 mm., exposed culmen 12, wing 77, tail 6S, 

 tarsus 20. 



Hah. British Guiana. 



The type is in the McConnell Collection, and was collected 

 on the Supenaam River in 1911. 



Elamia cristata whitely i, subsp. n. 



Having compared the Guiana specimens with one of the 

 types of E. cristata, Pelz., from Goyaz, which is in the 

 British Museum, I notice that the Guiana bird is darker 

 throughout on the entire upper surface, the flight-quills and 

 tail-feathers are blackish brown instead of pale hair-brown, 

 the sides of the face also darker, the throat grey (not white), 

 and the breast and sides of the body conspicuously darker. 



Wing 70 mm., tail 60, wing 68, tail 58. 



Hab. British Guiana. 



The types, which are in the British Museum, were collected 

 at Mt. Roraima by the kite Henry Whitely, Jun., Salvin- 

 Godman Collection. 



