Birds of British Guiana. 565 



When at rest its blackish colour, combined with its long and 

 rather pointed wings, gives it the appearance of a Swallow 

 without the elongated tail-feathers. In the same clearing I 

 saw sitting at tiie very top of a dead tree an example of the 

 Aracari Toucan {Pteroglossus aracari), but as I had ran 

 short of cartridges he was quite safe, a fact he seemed to be 

 quite aware of. 



Two or three days later I shot a young male of the Pom- 

 padour Chatterer (Xi/7/;o/e/ia/'OJ>i/>cr</6/ra). It was sitting at 

 the top of a fairly tall tree. The lovely claret-colour of the 

 adult male was just appearing on the ciissum and upper 

 breast ; the peculiar bristly feathers of the wing of the old- 

 bird were wanting. This specimen was obtained on the 

 21st of December. 



Both the "Cashew Sackie '^ {Rhamphocoelus jacapa) and 

 the " Blue Sackie " [Tanagra episcopus) have a great fond- 

 ness for the fruit of the guava; so, too, has the pretty little 

 Tanager [Calliste caijana). I found the nest of a " Cashew 

 Sackie" in a tall shrub, containing three eggs. The '' Palm 

 Sackie " [Tanagra pahnarum) is another common British 

 Guiana bird. 



The Dendrocolaptidae or " Woodhewers " are fairly well 

 repi-esented in the Colony, and found in more or less wooded 

 districts. Of Kingfishers, the large species {Ccryle torquata) 

 was seen several times up the Lamaha Canal, the Hoorabea 

 Creek, and also on some telegraph-wires Avhich ran along 

 near a trench. Cerijle hida and C. arnericana are found on 

 the Mazaruni River. 



I obtained examples of only two or three species of Tro- 

 chilidee. The Mango Humming-bird {Lampornis violi- 

 cuuda) was one of the commonest, though such beautiful 

 species as Chrysolampis moschitus, with its ruby head and 

 golden throat, and Tlialurania f areata, with its emerald chin 

 and purple breast, are found in the colony. 



The Speckled Ground-Dove {Chamcepelia passer ina) is 

 fairly common, and generally to be seen in pairs, ruuiiing 

 about quickly on the ground. When disturbed they fly for a 

 short distance and then alight ; this they rejieat several times. 



