192 birds of british guiana. 



Note. "Elainea brevirostris. 



" Elainea hrevirosfris Tsch. Fauna Per. p. 159 ; Cab. in Sehomb. Guiana, 

 iii. p. 701 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 272. 



"According to Dr. Cabanis, s})ecimens of this species were 

 obtained by Schomburgk near the coast which agreed with others 

 from Pern. We have not been able to recognise the bird in 

 Mr. Whitely's collection."— Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 295. 



I can only add to what Salvin wrote, that I have failed to find 

 any trace of the species in the McConnell collection. — 0. C 



Genus ELAINOPSIS Ridgw. 



Elainopsis Eidgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash, xviii. p. 210, 1905. Type 

 E. gaimardii (d'Orb.). 



Fig. 80. — Elainopsis gaimardii. 



The chief character in this genus is the spine at the base of 

 the first, or outer primary on the under surface of the wing. The 

 bill is short and pointed, the upper mandible is hooked, the width 

 at the base is about half the length of the exposed culmen. The 

 wdng is rounded; the second, third, and fourth primaries longest 

 and equal, the first about equal in length to that of the sixth. 

 The tail is square at the tip and nearly as long as the wing. 

 The tarsus is about twice the length of the exposed culmen, 

 and the hiud toe and claw almost equal in length to the middle 

 toe and claw. Coloration : male and female similar. 



478. Elainopsis guianensis. 

 Berlepsch's Crested Flycatcher. 



Elainea elegans Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 298 (Bartica Grove, Camacusa, 



Merume Mts., Mt. Roraima). 

 Elainea gaimurdi (nee d'Orb. & Lafr.) Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. 



p. 150, IhSS (Mt. lloraima, Merume Mts., Camacusa, Bartica 



Grove). 



