28 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



OrfaliiJa motmot Cab. in Scliomb. Kcis. Guian. iii. p. 744-, 1S4S ; 

 Brown, Canoe and Camp Life, p. 371, 187G (Walnuara Mts.) ; 

 Quelch, Timehri (2) iv. p. 320, 1890 (Upper Berbice River). 



"Hannaquoi" (IT. L. Sclater). 



Adult. General colour above, inclucling the lower hind-neck, 

 entire back, and wings, olive-brown, becoming more rusty broAvn 

 on the upper tail-coverts; middle tail-feathers rather greener than 

 the back, the three outer })aii"s on each side for the most part 

 chestnut, the fourth tipped with chestnut; entire head and upper 

 neck all round ch<'stnut ; a bare sjnice in front and under the eye; 

 throat bare with a narrow line of l)Iack hair-like shafts in the 

 middle; under surface ash-grey tinged with olive on the fore-neck, 

 sides of breast, and lower flanks: under tall-coverts washed with 

 cinnamon rufous. " Bill slate-colour ; iris brown ; legs and toes 

 purplish pink." 



Total length 535 nun., culmen 2G, wing 205, tail 230, tarsus G4, 

 middle toe and claw 58. 



The bird described was collected on the Abary River. 



Male and female similar in colour and measurements. 



BreediiKj-season. " Probably in April " (Schoinhurf/k). 



JSest. " Is built on small trees ^^ {Schonilnu'ffk) ; " built of sticks 

 on a low tree " [Broicn). 



E(j<js. "Two or three white eggs" (ScJiomlnin/l) ; '^four in 

 number, speckled, little inferior in size to those of a fowl " 

 {Broici)). 



Ixange in British Guiana. Abary Kiver, Upper Taktitu Moun- 

 tains, Supenaam River, Kamakabra River (J/c(7oy/»f// collection); 

 Mount Roraima, Bartica (WJtitcly) ; Pomeroon River (IF. L. 

 Sclater); Demei'ara River, Wahmara Mountains {Broicn); Upper 

 Berbic6 River {Quelch). 



Kxtralimital Bange. Brazil, Cayenne. 



Habits. Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. T-l-l) says that this 

 bird is found all over British Guiana. Its habits are like those 

 of Penelope marial (Gmel.),only it appears to be found more often 

 on the ground. It is found fairly common in the open outskirts 

 of the woods and along the banks of the Savanna rivers, but not 

 often in the thick jmrts of the woods. They are nearly always 

 found in large flocks. The breeding-season is probably in April, 

 during which the male all day long sounds his peculiar loud call. 

 The nest is built on small trees and contains two or three white 



