CHLOROCERYLE. oV? 



]\renime ]Mt5., Atapuravi River, Surnani Eiver) ; Shavpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 139, 1S92 (Demerara Kiver) ; Brabom-ne & 

 Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 95, no. 899. 1912. 

 Chloroceryle americana Miller, Bull. Amer. Mus. Xat. Hist. xsxi. p. 3U9, 

 1912. 



Adult male. General colour above dark crlossv green ^Yith white 

 spots and bars on the quills and tail-feathers ; cheeks, throat, and 

 lower abdomen -white ; breast deep chestnut ; a band across the 

 abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts glossy green barred with 

 white ; under wing-coverts green Ijarred and tipped with white. 



Total length 170 mm., culmen 39, wing 76, tail 49, tarsus 9. 



Ad iiU female. Differs from the adult male in the entire absence 

 of chestnut on the under surface and in having a green band 

 across the chest, bordered on the throat and lower breast by [lale 

 ochreous buff. Wing 76 mm. 



The birds described were both collected on the Bonasika River 

 in December 1898. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Kest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutn Mountains, Arawai 

 River, Bonasika River (^M^c-Connell collection) ; Bartica, Merume 

 Mountains, Kamarang River, Surnani River ( TI hitely); Demerara 

 River (TT\ Barrow). 



E.ctralimital Range. Colombia, East Peru, Bolivia. Argeniinn. 



Hahits. Schomburgk says (Keis. Guian. iii. p. 704) that the 

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

 C. torquata, antea p. 345. 



225. Chloroceryle inda. 



Spotted Kingfisher. 



AlceJo inda Linn. Syst. Xat. 12th ed. i. p. 179, 17G6 (Cayenne). 

 CeryJe inda Salvin, Jbis, 18SG, p. 09 (Camacusa, Bartica Grove) ; SliaiiJC, 



Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. \x 137, 1892 (Demerara); Brabom-ne & 



Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 95, no. 901, 1912. 

 Alcedo hicolor Cab. in Schomb. Keis. Guian. iii. p. 704, 1848. 

 Chloroceryle inda Miller, Bull. Amer. Mus. Xat. Hist. xxxi. p. 310, 1912. 



Adult male. General colour of the upper surface dark glossy 

 green with minute white spots on the upper wing-coverts which 

 become larger on the scapulars, inner wob.s of the quiils, and inner 

 webs of the tail-feathers — assuming tlio form of bars on the last ; 



