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Range in Brlthh Guiana. Esseqoebo River (McConnell col- 

 lection^ ; Quonga. Takutu River ( Wliitely) ; C'annku Moantaius 

 {Schombin-gh) . 



ExtraUmital Range. Surinam [Penard). Cayenne. 



Habits. Schomburgk writes (Reis. Gaian. iii. p, 728) that this 

 bt-antiful gaily-coloured species is one of the tatev Parrots in 

 British Guiana. He only met with it in the Canuku Mountains. 

 It does not appear to leave the woods o£ the high altitade?, where 

 it roams about in small companies. Its quick lightning flight is 

 accompanied by its loud cries, but when feeding it is quite sileiit^ 

 He never saw any cage! specimens in the possession of the 

 natives, but perhaps it is not easily tamed. The nidification is un- 

 known. The ''Macusis '' call it TumilL-Tumilx and the " Warraus" 

 Wacarlaluccv . 



Mr. C. A. Lloyd, writing on some Guiana Parrots, remarks 

 (Timeliri i'2} ix. p. 274) : — " On the Essequebo River we have 

 met with the only examples of Pyrrlmra pida we have seen, but 

 it is by no means a rare bird, being found in other parts of the 

 Colony as well. ' 



200. Pyrrliiira egreg-ia. 

 Demerara Parrot. 



Convnis egre(fius Sclater. Ibis, ISSl. p. 130. pi. iv. TDemerara) : Salvin, 

 Ibis. IssG, p. 6S (Merume Mts., Eorainia, 3oOO to WdO ft. ). 



Pyrrhvra egregia Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xx. p. 221. 1S91 : Braboiime 

 & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. S4, no. 7S4. 1912. 



Adult. General colour above green, suffused with brown on 

 the fore part of the head ; outer aspect of primarv-coverts and 

 quills blue ; tail brown : carpal joint, under wing-coverts, and 

 axillaries red. becoming yellow on ihe bastard-wing: fore-neck 

 brown with pale edges to the feathers ; cheeks, en r-covert*, 

 abdomen, sides of bod v. and under tail-coverts frreen with dull 

 crimson bases to the feathers of the ear-coverts and abdomen. 



Total length 232 mm., culmen IG, wing 12G, tail 115, tarsus 15, 

 middle toe and claw 20. 



The description is taken from an example collected by 

 Mr. McConneil at Mount Roraima in October 1898. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



iW.<^ Unrecorded. 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



Range. ConBned to British Guiana: Mount Roraima {McConneil 



