334 P.IRDS OF P.RITISII GIHAXA. 



feathers ; under wing-coverts, axillaries, sides of body, and under 

 tail -co verts white barred with brown. 



Total length 5i28 mm., culnien 02, wing IIG, tail 45, tarsus 21). 



The bird from which the description is taken was collected on 

 the Bonasika River in 1011. 



The adult male and female are similar in coloration and 

 measurement of \Aing, but the length of the culmen appears to be 

 greater in the female. 



Jh'eedhxi-senson. I'nrecortled in Briti.-h Guiana. 



yei't. '" It liuilds its nest on a small hillock in the swamps" 

 (Schomhiir<il). 



Kdfis. '• Lays two eggs '■* (ScJiomJnayL). 



Bainje in Britisli Guicwa. Upper Takutu ^Mountains, Supenaam 

 Kiver, Bartica, Bonasika River, Abary River, Anarica River, 

 (ireat Savannas (McConnell collection) ; Mount Roraima, 3500 ft., 

 Meruine ]\Iountains, Annai (^Wldtebj). 



Ej-tralimital Range. South America o-enerallv to Aro;entina and 

 Chile. 



JIdhits. According to Schombiirgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 758) 

 till' habits and distrilnition of this bird are the same as those of 

 I lomojitU lint vinJiilata. 



Genus HOMOPTILURA Gray. 



If(>i))0]ifih(rn (Irav. List Gen. B. 1840, p. 70. Tvpe //. iimhihdii 

 (H.)da.)- 



This genus differs chiefly in the long bill, which resembles that 

 of a Woodcock and is rather more than twice the length of the 

 tail ; the tail sliohtlv exceeds the tarsus in leno'th, and the win"- 

 exceeds the length of the tail by a little more th;in two-thirds. 



80. Homoptilura undulata. 

 Cayenne Snipe. 



GaUlnarjo vmhthiia i Boda.); Tabl PI. Enl. p. 54, 1783 (Cayenne); 



SaVvin, Ibis, ISSG, p. 179 (Menuue Mts., Roraima. 3o6o ft.) ; 



Sliarpe. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 0-39, 1896 ; Bnihounie &. Chubb, 



B. S. Amer. i. p. 43, no. 419. 1912. 

 Scolopa.r i^ahiilosa Cab. in Scbom]). Reis. Guian. iii. p. 758, 1848. 



Adult. Upper surface black or dark brown varied with dull 

 white or saiidv Ituff which takes the foi'm of bars, spots, or 



