272 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



The male described was collected by Mr. J. J. Quq^ch on the 

 Rupununi Savannas on December 21, 1900. 



Breedimi-neason. Unknown in British Guiana. 



JS^est. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Rupununi 

 Savannas [McConnell collection) ; Merume Mountains, Annai 

 {WUteli/). 



Ed-tralimital Range. Trinidad, Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay. ^ 



Hahits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 735) 

 this bird is very rare in British Guiana. lie only secured one 

 j[)eciinen. The other individuals that he observed had the same 

 habits as those of Falco aurantins. The male and female, as a 

 rule, sat beside each other, and if the one flew away the other 

 immediately followed. The " Macusis " and the " Arekunas " 

 call it Koniotoh-ivitici. 



Mr. J. J. Quelch CTimehri (2) vi. p. 140) remarks on this 

 species as follows : — " The Yellow-faced Kite {GamjJsonT/x swain- 

 soni). This little kite is not a coast species. It is to be found in 

 the higher lands of the interior, where it frequents the forest, 

 chiefly on the margins of the open savannahs." 



Genus HARPAGUS Vig. 



Ilarpagus Vigors, Zool. Jouni. i. p. 3^38, 1821. Tvpe H. hiJeittalus 

 (Lath.). 



Tliis genus belongs to the section of the Falcons which have two 

 distinct teeth on the upper mandible, as will be seen by the text- 

 ligurc, and a distinct central tubercle in the nostril. Tlie wings, 

 when closed, do not reacli to the end of the tail. 



Fig. oL — To show tilt' two teeth hi tlie upper luaiKlible. 



