Mr. O. Salvin on Birds from British Guiana. 499 



50. Ardea minuta, L. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 296. 



Adult. Bushire, Marcli IG, 1885.— Adult female. Bu- 

 shire, April 1885. 



51. Ardea comata. Pall.; Blanf. t. c. p. 296, note to A. 

 gularis. 



Two specimens. Bushire, April 1885. 



52. Nycticorax griseus (L.) ; Blanf. /. c. p. 296. 

 Female. Bushire, April 24, 1885. 



53. PoDicEPs cRisTATUs, L. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 304, 

 Female. Busliire, January 1885. 



XLVIIT. — A List of the Birds obtained by Mr. Henry Whitely 

 in British Guiana, By Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. 



(Plate XII.) 



[Continued from p. 181, aucl concluded.] 



Since the last portion of this paper was published {antea, 

 p. 181), Mr. Whitely has again returned to England, after a 

 stay of about twelve months on the Carimang River, during 

 which time he made another extensive collection of bird-skins, 

 and having brought them home with him, he has submitted 

 them to us for examination. 



Mr. Whitely^s collecting-ground was in the vicinity of a 

 loop of the river indicated in his Map published by the 

 Royal Geographical Society in 1884 (Proc. R. G. S. 1884, 

 p. 488), as lying a little to the westward of 61° W. long,, 

 and elevated about 1500 feet above the sea. From this point 

 he ascended a mountain on the southern side of the river, 

 having precipitous sides like those of Roraima, but of con- 

 siderably less elevation than the far-famed mountains. Its 

 features Mr. Whitely describes as follows : — '^'^ Twek-quay, as 

 the mountain is called, is similar to Roraima, and is situated 

 about 50 miles distant from it, in a N.N.W. direction, 

 on the southern bank of the Carimang River, below the 

 junction of the Aruima. The mountain is not so high as 



