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BIRDS or BRITISH GUIANA. 



JJifpsi/chorft/x crisfafi/s (uec Linn.), Salvin, Jl)is, 18SG, p. 17u. 

 jEifj)si/cIwrfi/x sonninii Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. JJ. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 409, 



1893 (Quonga River) ; Brabourne & Cluibb, B. 8. Amer. i. p. 13, 



no. 127, 1912. 



Adult male. Upper parts viiuiceous gi'ey freckled with black, 

 •white, and chestnut^ the inner margins of the scapulars and inner- 

 most secondaries margined with wdiite or buft^'-whitc ; primary- 

 quill.s uniform pale brown on the inner webs, mottled with buliy- 

 white on the outer ones; top of head, crest, and ear-coverts greyish 

 brown ; forehead whitish ; throat and a line on the sides of the 



Eupst/chortyx son n in ii. 

 Fig. 7. — To illustrate the crest. 



nape chestnut ; sides of neck deep chestnut spotted with white ; 

 breast vinaceous vvith black and white spots ; remainder of the 

 under surface uliite or ))iiffy-vvhite, Avith dark lu'own and cheslnut 

 intermixed. 



Total length 190 mm., culmen 14, wing 101, tail 50, tarsus 27, 

 middle toe and claw 21). 



The above descri[)tion is taken from an example obtained on the 

 Abary River. 



Adnlt female. Differs from the adult male in having the crest 

 darker, scarcely any chestnut on the throat, and the breast dark 

 brown barred with buflf'y-white. Wing 08 mm. 



Bveedintj-season. Not recorded in British Guiana. 



JS^est. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eyys. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



