ELAIJJEA, 197 



2. Antioquia {T. K. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. U.&. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Venezuela (Nehrknrn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Cayenne [Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Elainea martinica (Linn.). 



(Plate IV. flg. 18.) 



Elainea martinica, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 141 (1888) ; Salo. 8f 

 Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 36 (1888) ; Skarpe, Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 123 (1901). ^ . " i > 



The eggs of the Martinique Tyrant-bird are of a broad oval shape 

 and nearly devoid of all gloss. They are of a pinkish-white colour, 

 and while some are marked, almost entirely in the form of a zone 

 round the broad end, with blotches of deep purplish brown and 

 lavender, others are more delicately marked, also at the broad end, 

 with small spots of lilac-red and lavender. They measure from 

 •78 to -87 in length, and from -63 to -67 in breadth. 



2, Grenada, W. Indies, 19th May Crowley Bequest. 



{J. G. Wells). 



2. Grenada, 7th June (J. G. W.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Grenada {J. G. fV.). Crowley Bequest. 



Elainea alMceps {d'Orb. Sf Lafr.). 



Elainea alhiceps, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 141 (1888) ; id. 8f Huds. 

 Argent. Orn. i. p. 145 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Hiersamml. p. 139 

 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 231 (1900) ; Sharpe, 

 B.and-1. iii. p. 123 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-crested Tyrant-bird vary from a regular oval 

 to an elliptical shape and are devoid of gloss. Two examples in the 

 Collection are of a plain white colour. Another is white, marked 

 with a blotch and a few specks of reddish brown, and a fourth is 

 white, sparingly speckled over the larger half with deep purplish 

 brown. They vary much in size, the four examples measuring 

 respectively : -75 by -59 ; -76 by -59 ; -88 by -62 ; -89 by -65. 



2. Chile. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Chile, Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



Elainea frantzii, Lawr. 



(Plate IV. fig. 19.) 



Elainea frantzii, Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 513; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xiv. p. 145 (1888) ; Salv. Sf Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. 

 p. 36 (1888); Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 189 (1899); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 124 (1901). 



The eggs of Frantzius' Tyrant-bird are of a regular oval shape and 

 devoid of all gloss. They are of a creamy white colour, sparingly 

 spotted, in the case of two specimens, with purplish red, and in the 



