382 Hans Graf von Berlepsch : 



and should not have induced him to suppress so many good 

 species which he had never examined. 



E. spedabilis and E. ridleyana are placed among the 

 synonyms of E. pagana, while E. cinerescens and E. riisii are 

 united with E. martinica, which is made a subspecies of 

 E. pagana. E. cdbiceps is also considered to be a subspecies of 

 E. pagana, and the following are believed to be synonymous 

 with it : E. modesta Tsch., E. griseogularis Sci.,, E. mesoleuca 

 Cab. et Heine, E. cristata Pelz., E. albiventer Pelz, (sic ! 

 = albivertex), E. parvirostris Pelz., E. streperà Cab.! and E. 

 gracilis Tacz. 



Nevertheless Allen's article may be consulted with 

 advantage, as it contains a good deal of fresh information 

 about the subject. 



1888. Sclater and Hudson in their "Argentine Ornithology, " 

 I., pp. 145, 146, treat of the species of Elaenia of that region. 



1889. C. B. Cory, in his "Birds of the West Indies," gives 

 full information about and descriptions of the species of 

 Elaenia inhabiting the West Indian Islands. E. riisei is 

 not recognized. 



1889. Cory describes E. barbadensis, which is perhaps not 

 to be distinguished from E. martinica. Auk, V., p. 47. 



1890. Cherrie gives an interesting account of the nesting 

 habits and the eggs of E.f. subpagana. Auk, 1890, p. 235. 



1890. Berlepsch and Leverkühn give notes on E. cristata and 

 E. spectabilis as collected by Beim in Goyaz. Speci- 

 mens of E. cristata from Brit. Guiana are provisionally 

 named E. lophotes Beri. Omis, 1900, pp. 12-14. 



1892. Allen gives a list of, and remarks on, the species 

 of Elaenia collected in the Chapada district by H. H. 

 Smith. Bull. Am. Mus. N.H., IV., I., pp. 335, 336. 



1895. Cory describes E. cherriei from S. Domingo, which is 

 doubtfully distinct from E. fallax of Jamaica. Auk, XII., 

 p. 279. 



1897. Chapman describes E. albiventris from Venezuela, 

 which probably =E. parvirostris Pelz. Auk, 1897, p. 368. 



1898. Nelson describes M. placens minimus from the Très 

 Marias, which is probably a conspecies of E. viridicata. 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII., p. 9. 



