CH.l'TURA. 371 



1^-U. Clisetura albicincta. 

 "White-banded Swift. 



Hemii^rocne rdhicincta Cab. J. f. 0. 1862, p. 165 (Guiana); Salvln, Ibis, 



1885, p. 437. 

 Acanthylis coUaris Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 709, 184S ; 



Brown, Canoe and Camp Life, p. 219, 1876 (Kaieteur Falls). 

 Chcetura zonaris (nee Shaw), Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 436 (Roraima, 



3500 ft.). 

 Cltcetura olhicincta Hai"tert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. ]•>. 478, 1892 



(Roraima) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 102, no. 969, 



1912. 



"Noroquah" (^Broxai). 



Adult male. Glossy black above and below, somewhat paler on 

 the fore-neck, especially on the throat, with a white band round 

 the hind-neck which meets on the lower throat. 



Total length 205 mm., cnlmen 9, wing 190, tail 72, tarsus 22. 



The male from which the description is taken was collected at 

 the Kanuku Llountains on November 12, 1900, by Mr. J. J. 

 Quelch. 



AVe are unable to say whether the female differs from the male 

 in plumage or measurement, as we find that the two specimens 

 mentioned in the ' Catalogue of Birds ' from Roraima marked ^ ? 

 are both males, and we do not know of any others that are 

 available. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



Sest. Unrecorded. 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



Bange. Confined to British Guiana : Kanuku IMountains, Nov. 

 1900, Kurubung River (McConnell collection) ; Mount Roraima, 

 3500 ft. ( Whitely). 



Ilahits. Mr. Barrington Brown writes (Canoe and Camp Life, 

 p. 219): — "These birds, called Noroquah by the ' Macusis,' belong 

 to the Hirundinida?. Thoy are of a blackish colour, with a white 

 ring round the nock, widening into a patch under the t]»roat.'' 



245. Chsetura brachyura. 

 Shout-tailed Swift. 



Acanfht/Iis hrachi/nra .Janl. Ann. ^lag. Nat. Hist, xviii. ]>. 120, 18 tO 



(Tobago). 

 Chcetura poll urn Cni'c Tcnini.), Ilartoi't, Cat. H. Hrit. Mus. xvi. p. lS-1, 



1892 (Aunai;. 



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