CRECISCUS. 75 



Forzana cayennensis Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 17G (Mermne Mts., 



Eoraima) ; Quelch, Tiiaehri (2) v. p. 107, 1891. 

 Cresciscus cayanensis Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. p. 143, 1894 



(Merume Mts., Korauua). 



Adah female. Hind-neck, back, wings^ and tail bronze-brown; 

 forehead and crown of head chestnut ; sides of face and a line 

 above the eye dark grey ; under surface chestnut, paler on the 

 thighs, abdomen, throat, and under wing-coverts. " Eye orange- 

 yellow ; legs and toes reddish pink, claws brown ^' {U. W lately). 



Ti'tal length 1G2 mm,, culnien 29, wing 91, tail 30, tarsus 35, 

 middle toe and claw 36. 



Adult male. Similar to the adult female. Wing 94 mm. 



The bird described was collected on the Kamakabra River. 



Breeding-season, Unknown in British Guiana. 



JS^est. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Kggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Kamakabra River, 

 Bonasika River, Makauria River, Abary River, Anarica River, 

 Ijower Mazaruni River {MeConnell collection) ; Georgetow^n 

 (^Qi(elch) ; Merume Mountains, Mount Roraima [Wldtely). 



Exiralimital Range. Brazil and Colombia. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



44. Creciscus melanopliseus macconnelli. 



McOoxnell's Crake. 



(Plate III. fig. 1.) 



Adult. Nape, hind-neck, back, and wings dark bronze-brown, 

 being darker on the quills and blackish on the innermost secon- 

 daries, rump, and tail ; fore part of head and space round the eye 

 hoary grey ; ear-coverts and sides of breast deep chestnut; throat 

 and middle of breast white, the latter washed with rufous; 

 axillarics, under wing-coverts, flanks, and vent black barred with 

 wliitc, paler on the fore part of" the thighs, hinder aspect of thighs 

 dull black ; under tail-coverts deep chestnut. 



"J'otal length 145 mm., culmen 19, wing 80, tail 39, tarsus 33, 

 middle too and claw 41. 



The bird described is from Bonasika River. Type iji the 

 McConnell collection. 



The sul)S[)ecies described above is allied to C. melanopJuru.f mela- 

 nophaus (Vieill.), but dillers iu having the fore part of the head 



