240 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIAXA. 



The male and female appear to be similar. 



Breeding-season. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Nest. " Composed of twigs and built on some of the suiiiller 

 trees " {Scliomhurgk) ; " built of sticks in the highest ])ranches 

 of the courida trees" [Lloyd Price). 



Eggs. " Two in number, white, and spotted with red-brown " 

 (Llogd Price). 



Mange in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Ituriblsi 

 River, Supenaam River, Bartica, Bonasika River, Abarv River, 

 Berbice River, (Jako River, Arwye Creek, Great Falls, Demerara 

 River [McConnell collection); Kamakusa, Merunie Mountains, 

 Kamarang River ( WhiteJg) ; Maccasseema, Pomeroon River 

 ( W. L. Sclater). 



Extralimital Range. Venezuela, Colombia, Peru. 



Habits. Scliomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 737) that this 

 bird is very common near the coast, where it mostly frequents the 

 more open virgin forests. In the coffee-plantations, it is very 

 often found on the Erythrinen-trees watching for its prey. This 

 species, like G. gracilis, is, as a rule, found on the branches 

 amongst the foliage. Its nest is composed of twigs and built on 

 some of the smaller trees. The " Warraus " call it OJitocamwand 

 the " Macusis " Ajaking. 



Mr. J. J. Quelch observed this species in Georgetown, and 

 remarks (Timehri (2) v. p. 105) : — "The name Chicken-Hav>-k is 

 applied indiscriminately to several of the smaller brown or slat}^- 

 coloured hawks, which, during early or adult life, are marked on 

 the inider surface with dark bars or blotches. One of the commonest, 

 generally to be obtained among the courida branches or mangrove 

 stumps by the mud-flats, is the Great-billed Buzzard [Astarina 

 magnirostris).^' 



Mr. Lloyd Price writes (Timebri (2) v. p. 67):— "A third 

 and much smaller species, of a grey colour (Asturina magni- 

 rostrisY), also frequents the courida trees and builds in the highest 

 branches. The nest is very small for the size of the bird, and, like 

 that of all hav.-ks, built of sticks. The two eggs are white, 

 spotted with red-brown." 



Mr. J. J. Quelch (Timehri (2) vi. p. 120) writes : — "'Asturina 

 magnirostris, the food of which, almost entirely, consists of seeds, 

 fruit, and young leaves." 



Mr. J. J. Quelch (Timebri (2) vi. pp. 150, 151, 152), writing on 



