EURYPYGA. 143 



1887, p. 317 (Alaecasseema) ; Shavpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mas. xxiii. p. 240, 

 1894 (Deiuerara) ; Brabounie & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 45, no. 433, 

 1912. 



Adult male. Head black, with a white line above and below ilio 

 eje, the latter wider and more extended towards the sides o£ the 

 neck ; hind-neck, mantle, fore-neck, and bre.-ist blackish brown, 

 barred with rufous ; back, wings, and tail black, the feathers crossed 

 hy mottled bands of grey; the quills and tail-feathers are crossed 

 by two bands of deep chestnut, some of the wing-feathers are 

 also intermixed with white and golden yellow; throat })ure white ; 

 remainder of the under surface, including the axillaries and 

 lesser under wing-coverts, buff intermixed with brown. " Upper 

 mandible black, lower mandible yellow-ochre ; feet and claws 

 yellow-ochre; ii'is red " (jfT. W/iiteli/). 



Total length 410 mm., culmen 50, wing 225, tail 156, tarsus 51. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male. Wing 222 mm. 



The male described is from the Anarica Eiver. 



Young in partial doxcn. Similar to the adult, but differ from 

 most young birds by gaining the adult plumage direct from the 

 nestling down without passing through an intermediate stage. 

 The red bands on the tail appear to increase in width as the bird 

 advances in age, the rufous cross-bars on the up[)er surface dis- 

 a})pear more or less, and the black })ortion of the feathers become 

 more intense. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in Biitish Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



J'^ggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Jhinge in British Guiana. Ituribisi Hiver, Supenaam River, 

 Baitica, ]5onasika Eiver, Anarica Eiver, Mazaruni River, 

 Kurubung River {Mc< 'onnell collection) ; Kamakusa, Bartica 

 {W'liitelg) ; Maccasseema [\V. L. Svlater) ; (*anuku Mountains 

 {>'Sc/ionihurgk). 



E.dralimital Range. Surinam, Brazil, Venezuela, l\;rn, Bolivia. 



JIahils. Schomburgk remarks (Reis. Guian. iii. j). 752) that 

 this beautiful and graceful bird is found on the coasts and in the 

 deptlis of the woods. He found it in numbers at the Canuku 

 Mountains. Tliey aie very fond of sunny glades in tlie woods, and 

 prefer especially the river boi'ders. Occasionally they are found 

 in pairs, but as a rule occur singly. Tliey are easily tamed. He 

 knew nothing about its niditication. The "W'anaus" call it 

 lu'i.nna, and the '' ^lacu>i> ' Manrch. 



