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viii. p. 176", ix. p. 112"; Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 59'^; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 147"; 

 Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 500 ". 

 Elainea chiriquensis, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 176"; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 147". 

 Fusco-olivacea, pileo obscuriore ; crista mediana celata alba ; alia caudaqiie nigrieanti-fuseis, teotricibus alarum 

 albido terminatis, secundariis pallide olivaceo stricte limbatis : subtus palUde flava, pectore et bypoohon- 

 driis cmereis ; gutture albicantiore : rostro nigricante corneo, mandibula ad basin carnea ; pedibus nigri- 

 cantibus. LoT5g. tota 6-3, alse 3-3, caudee 3-1, tarsi 0-8, rostri a rieta 0-65. (Desor. exempl. ex Sakluk, 

 Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 

 $ mari simiUs. 



Hai. Mexico 3 8 12^ Teapa in Tabasco {H. H. Smith), Peto in Yucatan [0. F. Gaumer); 

 British Honduras {Blancaneaux) ; Guatemala, Sakluk near Peten {0. S.), Duenas 

 {0. SA); Honduras, San Pedro (G^. If. Whitely^); Costa Rica, San Jose (Eqf- 

 mann \ Carmiol ", Nutting ^% Irazu {Rogers) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Chitra, 

 Calovevora, Santa Fe ^^ le [Arce), David {Hicks lO), Lion Hill {M'Leannan s "), Pa- 

 raiso Station {Hughes), line of Railvi^ay {Arc^). — South America ^, from Colombia 

 to South Brazil (Bahia ^, Eio ^) and Guiana. 



Lichtenstein's description of this species was founded on a bird from Bahia ^, and 

 specimens from that place agree fairly with others from nearly every part of continental 

 Tropical America. We note, however, that they are of rather a paler colour than the 

 majority of specimens from other parts. 



At one time it was thought that the Central-American birds were separable from 

 those of the South, and they passed under the name of U. suhpagana. With a much 

 larger series available for comparison than formerly, it now appears that no distinction 

 can be maintained. The Chiriqui bird has also been separated, but this too has been 

 merged in the southern form. 



In Mexico E. pagana is apparently a scarce bird ; until recently only two specimens 

 had reached us from that country, but Mr, Herbert Smith has now sent us an example 

 from Teapa in Tabasco, and Mr. Gaumer one from Peto in Yucatan. Mr. Lawrence 

 records it from the valley of Mexico ^'^. 



In the highlands of Guatemala we only met with it on one occasion, when two birds 

 were shot at the end of July at Duenas, nearly 5000 feet above the level of the sea. 



In the southern portion of Central America this bird would appear to be much more 

 numerous, and we have many specimens from various points as far south as the Isthmus 

 of Panama. 



It is usually found in open situations ; one killed at Sakluk near Peten was in an 

 open savanna, those near Duenas in a willow-tree in a hedgerow. Mr. Nutting says it 

 is common in the hedgerows near San Jose, Costa Eica. Salmon found both its nest 

 and eggs at Medellin in Colombia. The nest he describes as being built of coarse 

 grass mixed with bark or lichen, and lined with fine grass and feathers. The eggs, two 

 in number, are white, spotted at the larger end with brown, generally placed in a ring. 



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