348 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIAXA. 



223. CMoroceryle amazona. 

 Great Green Kingfisher. 



Alcedo amazona Lath. Ind. Om. i. p. 257, 1790 (Cayenne) ; Cab. in 



Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 704, 1S48. 

 Ceryle amazona Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 60 (Bartica Grove, Camacusa, 



Merume Mts.) ; Queleh, Timehri (2) iv. p. 102, 1890 (Demerara 



River) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 129, 1892 (Dememra) ; 



Braljourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 9-3, no. 898, 1912. 

 CMoroceryle amazona Miller, Bull. Amer. Mus. Xat. Hist. xxxi. p. 308, 



1912. 



Adult female. General colour above dark olossy green, inner 

 webs of priinarv-quills notched with white ; lateral tail-featheis 

 spotted on the outer web and barred on the inner one with white ; 

 collar round hind-neck, hinder cheeks, throat, abdomen, and under 

 tail-coverts pure white : nioustachial streak, patch on each side of 

 breast, and streaks on side of body dark glossy green. 



Total length 250 mm., culmen 67, wing 132, tail 7G, tarsus 13, 

 middle toe and claw 23. 



Adult male. Differs from the adult female only in having a 

 broad chestnut band across the breast. Wing 130 mm. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eyas. Undescriljed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Supenaam 

 River, Mazaruni River (McConnell collection) ; Upper Demerara 

 River (QuelcJi); Bartica,Kamakusa, Merume Mountains ( Wlntely). 



Extralimital Range. South America generally and Central 

 America, including Mexico. 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 704) tiiat the 

 mode of life and habits of this bird are the same as those of 

 C. toi'quata, p. 345. It is especially connnon in the river-creeks. 

 The " Macusis " call it Saesaesu and the " AVarraus " Sold. 



Mr. J. J. Queleh, who met with this sjiecies on the Upper 

 Demerara River (Timehri (2) iv. p. 102), remarks " that it fre- 

 quents the water-side." 



224. CMoroceryle americana. , 



Little Green Kis'gfisher. 



Alcedo americana Gmel. 8yst. Nat. i. p. 4-51, 1788 (Cayenne) ; Cab. in 



Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 704, 1848. 

 Ceryle americana Salvin. Ibis, 1886. p. 60 (Bartica Grove. Camacusa, 



