36 TTEANNID-^. 



2. Elainea martinica. 



Muscicapa martinica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 325 . 

 Tyrannula martinica, Cass. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860^ p. 375 ^ 



Elainia martinica, Cory, Auk, 1886, p. 230 '; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 141 \ 

 Elainea martinica'^, Kidgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 571 '. 

 Elainea subpagana, Salv. Ibis, 1864, p. 380 °. 

 Elainea cinerescens, Uidgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vii. p. 180 \ 



Prseoedenti similis, sed supra unicolor, pileo dorso eoncolore ; subtus magis grisea, abdomine medio albido vix 

 flavo tinoto. (Descr. exempl. ex insl. Cozumel. Mus. nostr.) 



ffab. Mexico, Mugeres I., Meco I., Cozumel I. {Benedict^, G. F. Gaumer); Beitish 

 Honduras, Half Moon Cay {0. S.^). — Antilles ^, from St. Thomas ^ to Barbados ^ 

 Grand Cayman I.^, Old Providence I.'^. 



The Cozumel birds agree closely with specimens from the West Indies typical of 

 Mainea martinica ; but some of those from the islands further to the north (Mugeres 

 &c.) have the under surface tinged with yellow, and in this respect conform to E.pagana, 

 and in fact are intermediate between these closely allied birds. With these, however, 

 we find examples not separable from the more typical K martinica, and it seems pro- 

 bable, considering the short distance the islands lie from the mainland, an occasional 

 individual crosses over and pairs with the island form. 



The distribution of E. martinica is singular, for though it is found in all the small 

 West Indian islands from St. Thomas to Barbados, it is absent from the larger islands ; 

 but it appears again in Grand Cayman and the island of Old Providence, for, with a 

 specimen from the latter island before us, we do not see how JE. cinerescens of Mr. 

 Kidgway can be distinguished from the true E. martinica. 



3. Elainea &antzii. 



Elainea frantsii, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 173 ^ ix. p. 112^j v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, 

 p. 307 ' ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 197 ' ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z, S. 1879, p. 513 ' ; Ridgw. Pr. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. V. p. 496 " ; Nutt. & Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 393 ' ; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. xiv. p. 145 '. 



Elainea pudica, Scl. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 833°. 



Elainea, sp. ?, Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 194". 



Supra saturate olivacea ; crista verticali celata albida ; alis et cauda nigricantibus, alarum tectricibus flavido 

 terminatis fasciis duabus formantibus, secundariis intimis extrorsum flavido late limbatis : subtus flavido- 

 olivacea ; abdomine medio flavicanti-albido : rostro comeo, mandibula carnea ; pedibus obscure corylinis. 

 Long, tota 6-0, alae 3-2, eaudae 2-7, tarsi 0-7, rostri a rictu 0-55. (Descr. maris ex San Pedro Martyr, 

 Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



$ mari similis. 



Hob. Guatemala, Duenas {0. S. & F. B. G.^% Volcan de Agua, Barranco Hondo, Medio 

 Monte, S. Pedro Martyr {0. S.); Nicaragua, Omotepe I. (Nutting''); Costa Rica, 

 San Jos^ (v. Frantzius^^), Barranca, Dota Mts. (Carmiol^), Irazu {Mogers, Nut- 

 ting^); Panama, Chiriqui (^rce^).— Colombu^Sj Venezuela ». 



