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  Mr. 
  E. 
  Hartert 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  

  

  — 
  10. 
  ElAINEA 
  MARTINICA 
  RUSH 
  (Scl.). 
  

  

  Elainea 
  riisii, 
  Scl. 
  P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  1860, 
  p. 
  314. 
  

  

  Elainea 
  martinica, 
  Scl. 
  Cat. 
  B. 
  B. 
  M. 
  xiv. 
  p. 
  141 
  ; 
  Berl. 
  

   J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  85 
  (Curasao). 
  

  

  I 
  procured 
  three 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  ou 
  Mt. 
  ChristofFel, 
  

   but 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  it 
  anywhere 
  else. 
  Mrs. 
  Hartert 
  thinks 
  she 
  

   saw 
  it 
  on 
  Bonaire, 
  but 
  no 
  specimen 
  was 
  obtained. 
  My 
  skins 
  

   are 
  in 
  better 
  plumage 
  than 
  those 
  collected 
  by 
  Herr 
  Peters, 
  

   but 
  are 
  also 
  somewhat 
  worn. 
  They 
  entirely 
  agree 
  with 
  

   specimens 
  from 
  St. 
  Thomas. 
  Specimens 
  from 
  Guadeloupe 
  

   and 
  Dominica 
  are 
  slightly 
  different, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  advisable 
  to 
  

   recognize 
  Sclater's 
  E. 
  riisii 
  (afterwards, 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  

   Birds,' 
  united 
  with 
  E. 
  martinica 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  author) 
  as 
  a 
  

   subspecies. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  another 
  instance 
  of 
  Curacjao 
  not 
  having 
  the 
  conti- 
  

   nental 
  form, 
  but 
  the 
  West-Indian 
  one, 
  and 
  also 
  of 
  a 
  nearer 
  

   relationship 
  to 
  the 
  St. 
  -Thomas 
  avifauna 
  than 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   other 
  Lesser 
  Antilles. 
  

  

  -^1. 
  Myiarchus 
  brevipennis, 
  Hartert, 
  Bull. 
  B. 
  O. 
  C. 
  iii. 
  

   p. 
  xii. 
  

  

  Not 
  very 
  rare 
  near 
  Savonet 
  and 
  in 
  other 
  well-wooded 
  

   places. 
  

  

  (Peters 
  says 
  (J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  118) 
  that 
  he 
  saw 
  a 
  rather 
  

   large 
  species 
  of 
  Tyrant 
  through 
  his 
  glasses. 
  From 
  his 
  de- 
  

   scription 
  it 
  cannot 
  be 
  any 
  of 
  those 
  that 
  are 
  as 
  yet 
  known 
  

   from 
  Curasao.) 
  

  

  12. 
  SuBLEGATUS 
  GLABER, 
  Scl. 
  ct 
  Salv. 
  ; 
  Bcrl. 
  J. 
  f 
  .0. 
  1892, 
  

   p. 
  84 
  (Cura9ao). 
  

  

  My 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  agree 
  with 
  the 
  type 
  from 
  Caracas 
  

   (Venezuela) 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  It 
  occurs 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  

   three 
  islands 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  rare, 
  but 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  common. 
  

   The 
  wings 
  of 
  my 
  eight 
  specimens 
  measure 
  2*58 
  to 
  2*8 
  inches, 
  

   mostly 
  2'6 
  and 
  2*65 
  inches. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  can 
  be 
  distinguished 
  without 
  difficulty 
  from 
  

   Sublegatus 
  platyrhynchtis 
  from 
  Bahia, 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  