Birds from British Guiana. 81 



Hah. Guiana Brit, in montibus " Merume " dictis 

 {Whitely). 



Mus. nostr. 



Obs. H.jamesoni (ex ^quatoria) afl&nis, sed rainor^ cauda 

 minus f areata^ rostro breviore et colore mandibulse aurantiaco 

 distinguenda. 



Mr. Wliitely sends us a male and several females of tins 

 species, wliich is obviously allied to the Ecuadorian H. 

 jamesoni, but at the same time quite specifically distinct. This 

 is the first evidence Ave have received of the fact of a member 

 of this Andean genus being found in Guiana, 



LOPHORNIS PAVONINUS^ Sp. n. 



Supra obscure viridescens, uropygio cuprescenti-rufo, dorso 

 postico fascia transversa albida notato; alis purpureo- 

 nigris ; cauda furcata cupreo-nigra ; capite suramo medi- 

 aliter nigro striga uti'inque nitente viridi marginato; 

 subtus niger^, abdoraine viridi lavato ; cervicis laterum 

 j)lumis latis viridibus, singnlatim macula subapicali 

 nigra notatis ; rostro omnino nigro : long, tota 3'4, alse 

 1'9, caudse rectr. med. 10^ rect. lat. 1-3^ rostri a rictu 

 0-7. 

 Hab. Guiana Brit, in montibus " Merume '' dictis 

 [Whitehj). 

 Mus. nostr. 



Obs. L. verreauxi proximus, sed certe distinctus. 

 Of this beautiful and distinct species Mr. Whitely's col- 

 lection contains a single male specimen in fair condition, but 

 somewhat stained on the throat. It belongs, with L. verreauxi 

 and L. chalybea, to the little section o^ Lophornis which Dr. 

 Cabanis has distinguished by the generic title of Polemisfria. 

 From L. verreauxi it differs in many particulars : the head, 

 instead of having the forehead green and the occiput black, 

 has a black central streak running from the base of the bill 

 to the nape, on each side of which is a broad green streak. 

 The elongated green feathers on each side of the neck 

 are broad, and have a conspicuous black spot near the 

 apex of each feather, this spot in the longest feathers being 

 quite large. The feathers of the front extend much further 



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