216 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



E.rtralimkal Range. Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, East Brazil. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Gnian. iii.p. 742) this 

 bird lives in the oasis on the Savannas, but as soon as a volume 

 of smoke is seen, which indicates a Savanna fire, it repairs towards 

 it for the purpose of preying on the escaping reptiles. It nests 

 on trees. The " Warraus " call it Outuanaitye, 



Mr. J. J. Quelch remarks (Timehri (2) vi. p. 120) that the food 

 of this species consists almost entirely of seeds, fruit, and young 

 leaves. 



135. Ibycter americanus. 



Red-throated Caracara. 



Falco americnnns Bodd. Tabl. PL Enl. p. 25, 1783 (Cayenne). 



Ibijcter acpiilinus Cab. in Sehomb. Keis. Guian. iii. p. 742, 1848. 



Ibycter americamis Sliarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 35, 1874 ; Salvin, 

 Ibis, 1886, p. 77 (Bartica Grrove, Camacusa) ; Quelch, Timehri (2) 

 iv. p. 102, 1890 (Demerara Falls), p. 334 (Upper Berbice Eiver), vi. 

 p. 120, 1892 ; Brabom-ne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 63, no. 575, 1912. 



" Bush Carrion Crows" or "Bultata" (Quelch). 

 Adult. General colour black, except the lower abdomen, thighs, 

 and under tail-coverts, which are white, the last more or less 

 tinged with buff. 



Total length 525 mm., culmen 33, wing 343, tail 240, tarsus 48, 

 middle toe and claw 57. 



The description is taken from an example collected on the 

 Kamakabra ]{iver. 



We have examined a series of specimens in the British Museum 

 and find that the adult male and female are similar both in the 

 colour of the plumage and in the measurements. 

 Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 

 I\est. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 

 Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Gniana. Ituribisi River, Bartica, Kamakabra 

 River, Cako River, Demerara River {McConnell collection) ; 

 Bartica, Kamakusa ( Whitely). 



Extrcdimital Range. Trinidad, Colombia, Ecuador, Eastern 

 Peru, Brazil. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 742) this 

 peculiar bird is very common in British Guiana and generally 

 distrioutod. It is usually found in flocks. He discovered that 

 its food consisted chiefly of berries by the fact of a w^ounded 

 individual having fallen from a tree and disgorged a number of red 



