On Birds from British Guiana. 203 



XXIV.. — Notes on Birds from British Guiana. Part 11.^ 

 By OsBERT Salvin, and F. DuOane Godman^ FF.R.S. 



(Plate IX.) 



As was stated in our last notice of Mr. Henry Whitely's 

 collections from British Guiana, that enterprising explorer 

 proceeded to the Roraima Mountains^ and remained there 

 during tlie autumn of the year 1881 and the early part of 

 1882. He then returned to Georgetown^ and brought home 

 with him the I'esults of his expedition — a collection containing 

 examples of upwards of 280 species of birds. During his stay 

 at the foot of the Roraima Mountains and in their vicinity 

 Mr. Whitely ascended to an elevation of about 5000 feet^ a 

 height still short of that attained by Schomburgk, who reached 

 7000 feet above the sea. Some of the birds of this higher 

 zone have thus escaped Mr. Whitely ^s observation, and a few 

 species, such as Diglossa major. Setophaga castaneocapilla, 

 Buarremon personatus, and Campylopterus hyperythrus are 

 still unrepresented in any Museum but that of Berlin, where 

 Schomburgk^s collection remains. 



Mr. Whitely's researches have nevertheless produced a 

 rich harvest, not only of novelties, but also of rarities hitherto 

 but little known. Amongst the latter we may name Gra- 

 natellus pelzelni, Tachyphonus phatniceus, Agelceus imthurni, 

 Pipra cornuta, Neopipo chinamomea, Dendrocincla longicauda, 

 Neomorphus rufipennis, Comirus egregius, &c. Many of the 

 remaining species are of equal interest, as extending our 

 knowledge of their geographical distribution. 



These we must treat of on a future occasion ; suffice it to 

 say that since Mr. Whitely began to work in British Guiana 

 he has sent us skins of nearly iOO species of birds — a number 

 approaching that obtained by Schomburgk during his well- 

 known expedition. 



Mr. Whitely has again returned to his old collecting- 

 ground near the Roraima Mountains ; and we hope still to 

 receive from him additional collections, which may serve yet 

 more to develop our knowledge of this interesting country. 

 * For Part I. see Ibis, ] 882, pp. 70-84. 



