318 HIHDS OF BRITISH GUIAN'A. 



Eaas. UndescribeJ tVoin British Guiana. 



Habits. This is still the only record of the occnrrence of this 

 species in British Guiana, viz., Schoinb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 727. 

 It is, according to Schomburgk, gregarious and found in tlie woods. 

 Like all Parrakeets it distinguishes itself by its loud piercing 

 voice. The " Macusis"' call it Kehrih-Aelinh. 



205. Brotog"eris chrysopterus. 



GOLDEX-WINGED PaRRAKKET. 



Psifffiriis chrysoptenis Lum. Syst. Xat. 12th ed. i. \). 149, 17G6 rnniana ). 

 ConuvKS tuipat'us Cab. in Schonib. IJeis. Guian. iii. p. 727, 1SJ:8. 

 Brotoyerys chrysoptera Salvin, Ibis, 18.SG, p. 08 (Bartica Grove, 



Camacusa). 

 Brotoyerys chrysopfcrus Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xx. p. 263, 1891. 

 'tBrotoyrris Lloyd, Timehri (2) ix. p. 273, 1895. 

 Brotoyeris chrysopterus Bralx)urne & Chubb, B. S. Aiuer. i. p. 88 



no. 829, 1912. 



Adult male. General colour above and below green, somewhat 

 paler on tlie latter ; primary-coverts orange; priniarv quills bkie 

 vk'ith green on the edge of the outer webs and at the tips, maro-in 

 of inner webs brown ; base of forehead and chin dark brown. 



Total length 174 mm., culnien 19, wing 109, tail (33, tarsus IL 



The male from which the description is taken was collected 

 on the Itin-ibisi River. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male. Wing 10(J mm. 



The descri[ition of the female is taken from a spacimen in the 

 British Museum, collected by Whitely at Bartica on October 3rd, 

 1870 — Salvin-Godman collection. 



Breeding- season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Kest. " It nests in the holes in trees" [ScliomburgJc) . "They 

 generally lay their eggs in the deserted nests of wood-ants 

 (termites)" (C. .1. Lloyd). 



Eggs. "Two to four eggs form the clutch'' {Sdwmhurgk). 



Range. Confined to British Guiana: Ituribisi Ji'w ar (McConnell 

 collection) ; Bartica, Kaniakusa ( Wldtely). 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 727) that this 

 somewhat large species is found throughout British Guiana. 

 It flies about near the coast in large flocks, and is very fond of 

 settling on the flowering erythrinen trees growing in the coffee- 

 plantations, and devouring the flowers. Its nest is in the holes of 

 trees, and two to four e^c^s form the clutch. 



