314 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIASA. 



rnll^ction^ : Mount Roraima (3500 to 4000 tt.. Januarv. August, 

 December). Merunie Mountains (June). Kain.irang River. Annai 

 ( U hiteW). 



Jfiibits. L'nrecorJeil. 



This species is restricted to British Guiana, wliere tlie late 

 Henry Wliitely collected tlie majority of known specimens. 



Genus BOLBORHYNCHUS Bonap. 



Solhorhynchiis Bonaparte. Compt. Kend. Paris, xliv. p. .590. 1557. 

 Type B. ay mora i dOrb.). 



This genus is characterized by liavir.or the orbital ring incom- 

 plete, the bill swollen on the sides, the oil-gland tufted, a furcula 

 present, and the nostrils exposed and open in the cere and much 

 swollen all round. 



201. BolborliTiiclius panyciilorus. 

 Roraima. Parka keet. 



Brotoperyg panifchloru* Salvin &. Godman, Ibis, 1883. p. 211. pi. ix. fig. 1 

 (Mt' Roraima); Sah-in. Ibis, 1886, p. 68 (Roraima, 3500 ft.;. 



Bolhorhifiichus pani(chloriis Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mas. xx. p. 238, 1891 ; 

 Braboume & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 86, no. 804. 1912. 



Adult male. General colour above and below green, somewhat 

 paler on the latter. '* Bill dusky : feet pale brown." 



Total length 142 mm., culmen 13. wing 95, tail 38, tarsus 12. 

 middle toe and claw 17. 



The male described was collected by Mr. McConnell at Mount 

 Roraima in October 1898. 



We have examined the series of this species in the British 

 Museum, which consists of four males and two females. Both 

 sexes are alike in plumage, and as regards the wing-mensurements 

 the males measure 91-96 mm. and the females 91 and 93 mm. 

 Thev were all collected at Blount Roraima by Whitely during the 

 months of November 1881, January 1882 and 1884. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



3V^f. Unrecorded. 



Eogs. Undescribed. 



Range. Confined to British Guiana : Mount Roraima, October 

 1898 [McConnell collect ion) ; Mount Roraima. January and 

 November (//. Whitely). 



Hahits. Unrecorded. 



