14:2 BIRDS OF BUITISII GUIANA. 



Total loiioth 590 mm., culinen 107, wing 315, tail 140, tarsus 

 117, middle toe and claw lOtl. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male. Wing 343 mm. 



The bird fVom which the dcscri|)tion is taken was collected on 

 the Abarj River, in July 190G. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



l^yjs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Supenaam 

 Biver, Bonasika Biver, Kamakabra River, Abary River (^McConnell 

 collection). 



Extraliniital Range. Vene/.uela, Brazil, Paragua}', Uruguay, 

 Argentina. 



Habits, According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 759), 

 this bird is found near the coast and is common in the Avicennien 

 bush and also in boggy places covered with high grass. Its 

 nesting-habits were unknown to him. 



jNIr. J, J. Quelch (Timehri (2) ii. p. 377), when on Tiger Island, 

 Abary River, remarks: — "A hunting-party was, however, sent 

 out, which brought back four fine specimens of the Caraow 

 [Arainus scolopaceus) ." 



Family EURYPYGID.E. 



This family is composed of one genus and two species only 

 which are distributed in I'entral and South America. 



Genus EURYPYGA Illig. 



Eurt/pyga Illiger, ProcU'. Svst. Mamm. et Av. p. 257, 1811. Tvpc 

 '£. helias (Pallas). 



The characters which distinouish this genus are that the bill is 

 Rail-like, with the nostrils horizontal and pervious ; the lower 

 mandible grooved laterally ; inner secondaries nearly equal in 

 length to the primaries ; tibia bare for the greater portion of its 

 length ; tarsus slightly longer than the l)ill. 



90. Eurypyga helias. 

 Sun Bitterx. 



Euri/iyygn helias (Pall.), Neue Xord. Beytr. ii. p. 4S, pi. iii. 17S1 

 (Surinam); Cab. in Sclionib. Reis. (ruia)i. iii. p. o73, iS-tS ; iSalvin, 

 Ibis, 188(3. \K I'll (B:irtica Oryvc, Camacusa) ; W. L. t^elutcr, Ibis, 



