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ME. IT. N. EIDLET ON THE 



Fam. YiKEONiD^. 



1. YiEEO GEACILIEOSTEIS, Sp. 31. 



V. similis V. onaffistro,et forsan proximus, sed forma graciliore, 

 coloribus dilutioribus, facie lateral! pallide flavicante, et rostro 

 valde tenuiore et graciliore distinguendiis. Long. tot. 5'7, culmin. 

 O G, al^e 2-5, caiidae 2 25, tarsi 0-8. 



Five specimens were procured, and after comparing them with 

 the series of Vireonidce in the British Museum, there is no doubt 

 that the Fernando Noronha bird comes nearest to V. magister, 

 of which species the Museum has now a large series from the 

 islands of the Eay of Honduras, presented by Messrs. Salvin and 



Bill of V. gracilirostris. Bill of V. magister. 



Grodman. The yellow face and the slender bill distinguish it at 

 a glance from V. magister. 



Fam. Tyeannid^. 



2. Elaine A Em let an a. 



Elainea Ridleyana, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 10?. 



This species has been fully described by me (I. c). Dr. Sclater 

 (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv, p. 139) does not consider it to be very 

 different from JS. 'pagana^ but the size of the bill is very marked 

 in the insular birds. 



[This bird occurred only on the main island and Eat Island as 

 far as we saw, and was very common in the gardens and in the 

 woods. We saw only a few nests, and of these only one was 

 finished and contained an egg, which was destroyed in an attempt 

 to reach the nest. The egg was white with dark red spots. 

 The nest, which was about three inches across, was made of the 

 tendrils of Cucurbitacese and a few fine twigs, but lined thickly 

 (and in fact almost entirely constructed in some cases) with the 

 woolly down of the seeds of Qonolobus micranthus. It was 

 placed often in the bare branches of a Burra or Erythrina tree, 

 or in a Cashewnut-tree. — H. N. i?.] 



