236 BIKDS OF BRITISH GUIANA, 



less grey on the outer wehs; space in front o£ the eye sparsely 

 covered with black hair-like feathers ; sides of face, throat, 

 abdomen, thighs, axillaries, and under wing-coTerts blackish ; under 

 tail-coverts white irregularly marked with brown. 



Total length 480 mm., culmen (including the cere) 36, wang 445, 

 tail 1G3, tarsus 89. 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collection, and 

 the description is taken from an example in the British Museum 

 collected at Quonga, by H. AVhitely, October 24th, 1887 — Salvin- 

 Godman collection. 



Although the bird, mentioned above, was collected by AVhitely 

 many years ago, it had escaped the notice of any previous 

 ornithologist. This will, thei'etore, be the first record of this 

 species in British Guiana. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eygs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Quonga {Whitehj). 



Kxtralimital Range. Brazil, Peru, Colombia^ Venezuela. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Genus BUTEOLA Bonap. 



Buteola Bonaparte, Compt. Eend. Paris, xli. p. 051, 1855. Type 

 B. brachi/ura (VieiU.). 



In this genus the tail is more than twice the length of the 

 tarsus, the wings^ when closed, do not reach the tip of the taiJ, and 

 the nostrils are round witli distinct central tubercle. 



151. Buteola brachyura. 



Short-tailed Buzzard. 



Buteo IrocJii/uriisYieiW. N. Diet. d'Hist. Xat. iv. p. 477, 181G (Caj-enne). 

 Buteola hrachyura Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 201, 1874; Quelch, 



Timebri (2) vi. p. 159, 1892 (British Guiana) ; Braboui-ne & Chubb, 



B. S. Araer. i. p. 67, no. 621, 1912. 



Adult male. General colour above dark brown or blackish; 

 forehead and bases of the feathers on the head white ; inner webs 

 of primary and secondary quills smoky-brown and notched with 

 white ; upper tail-coverts barred with white at the base ; tail- 

 feathers banded with grey or smoky-brown ; space in front and 



