ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORNITHOLOGY. 
ELEAENIA LINTEATA, STRICKLAND. 
Description. — 6. Front, crown, and sides of head, black, with a 
spot of vivid orange in the centre of the crown; back, rump, and 
wings, dark greenish-olive ; remiges and rectrices fuscous, narrowly 
margined externally with olive; chin and throat pure white, the 
feathers on each side of the throat lengthened into a tuft; upper 
breast olive, lower breast deep chestnut, becoming paler on the 
belly and vent; beak and legs black; “ irides red ;” rictal bristles 
Very short; wings rounded, fourth quill longest. 
9. Front, crown, and upper parts, pure olive-green ; spot on the 
crown vivid yellow ; ear-covers dark grey; lower parts as in the 6. 
Long, 5; beak to front, 5; to gape, 7; wide, 32; high, 12; 
wing, 3.3; medial rectrices, 2; external, i; tarsus,é; middle toe 
and claw, 5%; hind ditto, 4. 
A pair of these singular birds were received by E. Wilson, Esq., 
from the upper branches of the Amazon river. At first sight I 
was disposed to refer the species to the Tanagride, some of which 
(«. 9. Lachyphonus quadricolor, Vieill.) possess rictal bristles 
and a yellow coronal patch. On further examination, however, it 
Seems to come nearest to the genus Zlenia, which includes those 
ae of the great American sub-family, Tyrannine, in which the 
we 8 short, strong, and considerably elevated. The tail, however, 
Fog peculiar form, and those who are fond of genus-coining 
ee epee give it a generic designation in consequence. The 
oar ¢ feathers are nearly equal, but the three external pairs 
© Tapidly shortened as well as considerably narrowed and pointed. 
4. E. Strickland, 
121-15. 




