300 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



XX. p. lo4. 1891 (Demerara) ; Lloyd, Timehri (2) ix. p. 27o, 1S95 

 (^Savannahs); id. op. cit. xi. p. 7, 1897; Braboui'ne & Chubb, 

 B. S. Amer. i. p. 79, no. 734, 1912. 



" Wararu '' {Lloyd). 



Adult male. Head, neck, upper back, lesser upper winor-coverts, 

 four middle tail-feathers, and under surface bright red : some of 

 the median upper wing-coverts orange-yellow, tipped with blue 

 and tinged with red ; greater coverts, bastard-wing, primary- 

 coverts, quills, and outer tail-feathers blue ; lower back, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, and some of the long under tail-coverts cobalt- 

 blue. " Upper mandible white, blackish at the tip and at the 

 base of the edges : under mandible black ; feet blackish ; iris 

 yellowish white ; naked skin of the cheeks dusky flesh-yellow.^' 



Total length 980 mm., culmen dd, wing 402. tail 595, tarsus 34, 

 middle toe and claw 61. 



We do not know the exact locality in the Colony of the male 

 from which the description is taken. 



Ad idt female. Similar to the male. Wing 398 mm. 



The number of specimens tliat we have been able to examine 

 are so few, that we are unable to come to an}' .satisfactory con- 

 clusions regarding the differences between the males, females, and 

 the plumages of the young. 



Breedinn-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Is est. " Nesting place in the hole of a tree " {ScJiomhurak). 



Eags. Two in number {Schomlmrpk). 



Range in Brithli Guiana. Demerara [McConnell collectioii) ; 

 found throughout the Colony ( ScJiomhurgk ) ; Ourunei ( WJiifel//) ; 

 Burro Burro ( Broxcn). 



Ejctralimital Range. East Brazil, <^'olombia, Ecuador, Peru, 

 Bolivia. 



According to Mr. C. A. Lloyd, this bird is common on the 

 Savannas, but its nesting-place is unknown. 



According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. ii. p. 197), Parrots and 

 red Aras came now and then in large flocks to satisfy their hunger 

 in the ripe maize-field. Their artfulness when going to plunder 

 a field was astonishing. When they had found a field of ripe 

 maize, sentinels were placed on the surrounding trees, their other- 

 wise never-ceasing loud calls, or cries, of their rough voices are 

 silenced into a purring undertone, only heard here and there. If 

 danger approaches, the sentinels warn the flock that is feeding 

 with a subdued note, which is answered bv a not verv luiid 



