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however, the shade of colouring on the belly of the female varies 

 considerably. 



The only other species of the genus of which I possess specimens, 

 are P. nanus of Gould, from the western coast of S. America, extend- 

 ing to the Galapagos (which may be recognized by its inferior size, 

 and the broad white edging of the outer rectrix and pale termination 

 of the others) ; and P. obscurus, Gould, which I cannot help think- 

 ing is a female of a red species. 



8. Elainia placens. 



Elcenia ?, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 297. 



Supra olivacea, pileo cineraceo, crista interna Jlava : alls cauda- 

 que obscuris olivaceo extus limbatis : capitis lateribus cum gut- 

 ture albescenti-cinereis, ciliis oculorum albis : abdomine et tec- 

 tricibus subalaribus Jlavis : rostro nigro, mandibulce inferioris 

 basi albida : pedibus obscure carneis. 



Long, tota 5 '5, alee 2*7, caudse 2*6, tarsi 0*65. 



Hab. In Mexico merid. et in Guatemala. 



This is the only species of true Elainia which I have yet met with 

 from Mexico, the Elcenia texensis of my Mexican lists being strictly a 

 Myiozetetes*, and the Elcenia variegata belonging to a section which 

 I intend to denominate Legatus (type, Legatus albicollis (Vieill.) = 

 Muscicapa legatus, Licht.). M. Salle has lately kindly sent me for 

 re-examination the specimen of this bird, which I noticed without 

 naming it, in his Cordovan collection ; and I have been thus enabled 

 to determine its identity with a Guatemalan specimen in the posses- 

 sion of Mr. Gould. 



The Elainice are very abundant in S. America ; and I have speci- 

 mens of at least twelve or fourteen species of the genus as restricted, 

 among which I may mention Elainia pagana (Licht.), E. modesta 

 (Tsch.), E. albiceps{\,^\. et D'Orb.), E. olivacea (Lafr. et D'Orb.), 

 E. luteiventris, mihi, E. agilis (Gm.), E. stictoptera, mihi, and E. 

 griseigularis, mihi. 



9. MlONECTES ASSIMILIS, Sp. nOV. 



Mionectes oleagineus, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 296, nec Licht. 



Olivacea, alis caudaque fusco-nigricantibus, pallido fulvescenti- 

 viridi extus limbatis : abdomine et tectricibus alarum inferio- 

 ribus fulvis : gutture et cervice cinerascenti-olivaceis : rostri 

 nigri basi rufescente, pedibus fuscis. 



Long, tota 5*0, alse 27, caudse 2*1, rostri a rictu 0*7. 



Hab. In Mexico merid., Cordova (Salle), et Guatemala (Skinner). 



Assimilis M. oleagineo, sed statura majore, rostro longiore, et gnt- 

 ture et cervice antica cinerascenti-olivaceis distinguendus. 



* I so correct this name from " Myiozeta, Bp.," as given in Mr. G. R. Gray's 

 List, p. 146. The name was published in Pr. Bonaparte's ' Conspectus Syste- 

 matis Ornithologias ' (Ann. des Sc. Nat. vol. iv. 1854) without indication of type ; 

 but from specimens in my own collection, marked in the Prince's own hand- 

 writing, I am enabled to state that this was intended to be Elainia cayennensis, 

 Auct. 



