35G BIRDS OF BRITISH GI'IAXA. 



in which the distribution of colours is much the same as in the 

 female described. 



Tlie adult male is similar in colour of I'lumao:'' to the adult 

 female but appears to be larger in size. ^^ incr 2G0 mm., 

 tail 185. 



jBreed/na-seasou. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Ji^est. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eu<is. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Bartica, Bonasika 

 River, ^lakauria River, Abary River, Mazaruni River (McConnell 

 collection) : Bartica, Mount Roraima, 3700 feet []^liitely). 



E.cti-alimital Range. Trinidad, Colombia, Ecuador. Peru. East 

 Brazil. Paracruay. 



Habits, Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



230. Nyctibius longicaudatus. 

 Long-tailed Goatsucker. 



Capri lint If/ us longicaudatus Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 1. pi. i., lS2o ("'in 



sylvis fl. Japui"*"). 

 Kyctibius longicaudatus Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 437 CBartica Grove) ; 



Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 626, 1S92 ; Braboume & Chubb. 



B. S. Amer. i. p. 98, no. 923, 1912. 



Adult female. General colour above and below pale rufous, the 

 feathers everywhere mottled, freckled, streaked, or barred with 

 black much more broadly on the flight-quills and tail-teaihcrs. 

 "■ Eyes pale yellow : legs and toes flesh-colour ; bill brown ; 

 claws brown " (//. Wldtehj). 



Total length 400 mm., culmen 15, wing 281, tail 241, tarsus 7. 



The McConnell collection does not possess a specimen of this 

 species, and the descrijition of the female is taken fiom an exnmjjle 

 in the British Museum collected at Biirtica by Whitely on 

 December 7th, 1880 — Salvin-Godman collection. 



We have not been able to see a male example of this species. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Sest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from Briti.sh Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Bartica [Whitely). 



Ejjtralimital Range. East Peru, Ecuador. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



