On the Genus Elaenia. 431 



olive-green. The sides of the pileum are brownish-green 

 instead of greyish-olive or blackish. The throat as a rule is 

 more greyish. The bill is much shorter and more feeble. 

 Specimens from Pto. Cabello agree with those from Bahia ; 

 they have only a little longer wings. 



45. Elaenia subplacens Sci. 



Elainea subplacens Sci., P.Z.S., 1861, p. 407 (clescr. specim. ex 

 Pallatanga, typ. in Mus. Brit.) ; id., Cat. coll. Am. B. (1862), 

 p. 218 (PaUatanga); id., P.Z.S., 1870, p. 835; Sci. et 

 Salv., Nomencl. Av. Neotr. (1873), p. 48; Beri, et Tacz., 

 P.Z.S., 1883, p. 555 (Guayaquil, Chimbo) ; Tacz., Orn. du 

 Pérou, II. (1884), p. 268, part. (Lechugal, Paucal) ; Tacz. 

 et Beri., P.Z.S., 1885, p. 122 (Ecuad. occ.) ; Sci., Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus., XIV. (1888), p. 149 (Ecuad. occ.) ; Heine et 

 Reichen., Nomencl. Av. Mus. Hein. (1890), p. 143 ; Hart., 

 Novit. Zool., Y. (1898) p. 487 (Chimbo). 



Elainea placens Tacz. (nee Sci.), P.Z.S., 1877, p. 325 

 (Lechugal) . 



Myiopagis subplacens Sharpe, Handlist, III. (1891), p. 116. 



E. E. viridicata dietae affinis sed multo major, cauda 

 imprimis longiore, pectore distincte griseo nammulato, vel 

 maculato, abdomine pallidiore albescenti-sulphureo, neenon 

 tectrieibus alarum superioribus apieibus albo griseo vel 

 brunnescenti-albo marginatis (itaque bifasciatis) distin- 

 gtienda. 



AI. 74-68, caud. 74-68 mm. 



Habitat. In Colombia: Bogota collections (Mus. H. v. B.). 

 Ecuador occ. : Pallatanga (Eraser), Guayaquil (Stolzmann, 

 Siemiradzki), Chimbo (Stolzmann, Siemiradzki). Peru septr. 

 occ. : Lechngal (Stolzmann), Paucal (Raimondi). 



Some Bogota skins in my collection are hardly distinguishable 

 from typical specimens from Western Ecuador. They may 

 have come from the Antioquia valley. 



