70 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



JVest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Sui)ena;iin River, Arawai River 

 JdcConnell collection) ; Merunio Mountains {Whitehj). 



E.dralimital Range. Brazil, Peru, Jamaica, Central America — 

 north to Guatemala. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Gnlana. 



Genus THYRORHINA Scl. & S.dv. 



Thyrorhina Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 18US, pp. 443, 458. Type T. 

 schomhurgM (Cab.). 



The chief character of this genus is that the nostrils are not 

 pervious, being separated by a bony septum. The bill is short 

 and the toes long and slender. AVing rounded, the first prinuiry- 

 quill being about equal to the tenth, 



38. Thyrorhina schomburgki. 

 Schomburgk's Crake. 



Crex sclwmliirglci Cab. in Schomb. Peis. Guian. iii. p. 7G0, 1848 



(Briti.sh Guiana). 

 Tliyrorliina schomhurgJci Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 176 (Poraima, Mcrume 



Mts.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. p. 125, 1894; Brabourne 



& Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 24, no. 242, 1912. 



Adult male. Upper surface, including the hinder portion of 

 the head, entire back, and tail olive-brown, with black centres to 

 the feathers and ovate white spots, becoming pale rufous on the 

 ■wings ; quills pale brown ; forehead, sides of face, and under 

 surface pale rufous ; throat and middle of abdomen white, the 

 feathers on the sides of the breast centred with black and 

 ovate white spots. "Feet yellowish" [Scliomhurgk) . "Eye 

 reddish hazel ; legs and toes red " {H. Wliitehj) . 



Total length 135 mm., culmen 14, wnng 73, tail 34, tarsus 18, 

 middle toe and claw 23. 



The sexes appear to be similar, but the maierial at hand is not 

 sufficient to form a definite conclusion. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Mount Roraima, Abary River, Ireng 

 River (McConnell collection) ; Merume Mountains [Whitely). 



Extralimital Range. Brazil, Venezuela. 



