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greenish olive-brown with lilac reflections on the mantle^ iip[)er 

 back and lesser upper wintr-coverts ; outer tail-feathers dark 

 brown tipped with white ; bastard-wing, prinuiry-co\ erts, and 

 quills dark brown with pale outer edges to the j)iiinary and 

 secondary quills; head slate-grey with a tinge o£ liluc on the 

 na])e; forehead inclining to white; cheeks and lower throat sandy 

 buff; chin white; breast vinous; abdomen dull white; under 

 tail-coverts pure white with dark outer margins ; axillaries and 

 under wing-coverts bright rufous like the greater portion of the 

 quill-lining. 



Total length 205 mm.j culmen IG, wing 143, tail 93, (arsus 33, 

 middle toe and claw 34. 



The above description is taken from an example collected at 

 Bonasika River. 



Adult female. Similar to the male but duller in coloration. 

 AVing 44:2 mm. This specimen w'as obtained on the Demerara 

 River in March 4^00. 



The young bird differs from tlie adult by having scarcely any 

 vinous on the breast and the first primary is not attenuated. 



Breeding-season. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Nest. " The nest is built in tall bushes" {Schomburr/k). Nest 

 placed on the ground at the roots of snudl trees and bushes 

 {Lloijd Price) . 



Egtjs. " Light salmon colour spotted with light brown" {Lluyd 

 Pi'ice). 



Range in British Guiana. U[)per Takutu Mountains, Itnrihisi 

 River, Suj)enaam River, Bartica, Mazaruni River, Kamakabra 

 River, Bonasika River, Makauria River, Anarica River, Demerara 

 River [McConnell collection) ; Mount Roraimn, Quonga River, 

 Kamakusa ( Whitely) ; Georgetown and Hoorie Creek (Beehe). 



Ka'tralimital Range. North-east Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador. 



Ifahits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. ]). 744) 

 this species is distributed all over British Guiana, but it never 

 leaves the darkest part of the wood, where it procures its 

 food on tiio ground. It is, as a rule, found singly, though 

 occasionally in pairs. The nest is built in tall bushes. lis flesh 

 is iiood. The " Macusis '' call it Oatoko and the "Warraus" 

 Wassibicoho. 



Mr. Tiloyd Price wriles (Tinuihri (2) v. j). (1(1) on ihe nesting 

 of this species : — " Cther ijirds nesting on the ground are the 



