586 
Mr. Charles Chubb on the 
d. (?; e,f. $ ad. Sapucay, June 6-19, 1904. 
g. ¥ ad. Sapucay, July 18, 1904. 
/?. g; i, k,l. $ ad. Sapucay, September 3-13, 1904. 
[This species is resident and quite the commonest of all 
the genus. The nest is one of the most lovely things 
imaginable, formed of moss and bound together with spider¬ 
webs; two eggs only are laid, and nesting goes on until 
quite late in the season.—-IF. .F.] 
140. Elainia mesoleuca. 
Elainea mtsoleuca Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 60 
(1859) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 153. 
Elcenia mesoleuca Berlepsch, Proc. 4th Intern. Orn. 
Congr., ‘ Ornis/ xiv. p. 414 (1907). 
a, b, B ? ad. Sapucajq March 18, 31, 1904. 
c. ? ad. Sapucay, April 29, 1904. 
d. $ ad. „ May 8, 1904. 
Bill horn-coloured above, pinkish below at base ; tarsi and 
feet black ; iris brown. 
141. Elainia caniceps. 
Tyrannula caniceps Swains. B. Brazil and Mexico, pi. 49 
(1841: Brazil). 
Elainea caniceps Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p, 151. 
Myiopagis caniceps Sharpe, Hand-list B. iii. p. 117 (1901); 
Oberh. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 137 (1902 : Sapucay); 
Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 325 (Paraguay). 
Elcenia caniceps Berlepsch, Proc. 4th Intern. Orn. Congr., 
f Ornis/ xiv. p. 422 (1907); Hellm&yr, Nov. Zool. xv. p. 45 
(1908). 
Elainea taczanowskii Berlepsch, Ibis, 1883, p. 137 (Bahia); 
Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 144. 
Elcenia cinerea taczanowskii Berlepsch, Proc. 4th Intern. 
Orn. Congr., c Ornis/ xiv. p. 433 (1907). 
a. ? ad. Sapucay, April 29, 1904. 
Bill and feet black; iris light brown. 
b-e. B; /• ? ad. Sapucay, July 1904. 
Iris brown with whitish outer circle. 
g. B ad. Sapucay, August 20, 1904. Iris whitish. 
h. B ad. Sapucay, September 12, 1904. 
