TTRANNISCUS. — EL^NEA. 185 



in length. He Avas olive and grey, with his wing- feathers touched 

 with yellow; and his yoice was sharp, unnielodious, and several 

 sizes too lai'oe, 



" But what he lacked in splendor of garb and sweetness of 

 tone was more than compensated by his skill in architecture. 



"The nest was composed chiefly of fresh growing moss inter- 

 mixed with the green calyxes of mango blossoms. The whole 

 was bound together with interwoven tendrils of young vines. 

 The interior lining of the deep cup was made up of five con- 

 secutive layers of material, making, with the bird on the nest, 

 an absolute waterproof pocket. The outer layer was of coarse 

 fibre, the second of animal hair, the third of wild cotton, the 

 fourth of animal hair, and the fifth, the inner, of wild cotton. 

 The inner layer was very thick, and at the bottom formed an 

 exceptionally soft bed for the egors. 



"The outside diameter of the nest was 10 cm., with a depth of 

 8 cm. The interior cup was 4 cm. in diameter at the top, by 

 G cm. deep. 



"The two small, dull-white eggs were rather heavily marked 

 at the larger end with small spots of chestnut, underlaid with 

 specks of lilac, the tendency being to form a ring. A few tiny 

 specks scattered over the entire shell, but were so small as to be 

 scarcely noticeable. The shell was very thin. The two eggs 

 averaged 16 by 12'5 mm." 



Genus EL^NEA Sund. 



Elcenea Sundevall, K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1S35, p. 89. Type E. pityana 

 (Licht.). 



,^0nfA 



Fig. 79. — Elcenea pofjana. 



The species on which tin's genus was founded has the head 

 crested, tlio feathers of which are white, or yellow at the base, 



