DORVFEKA. — THRENETES, 3 < D 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in being coppery 

 bronze on the upper surface, grey below witli a tinge of green, 

 and the forehead glistening green. Wing 48 mm. 



The description of the female is taken from an exani])le in the 

 British Museum collected by Whitel}' at the Merume Mountains 

 on the 13th of July, 1881 — Salvin-Godman collection. 



Breedinq-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Mount Boraima {McConnell collection); 

 Merume Mountains, Mount Roraima (^Wli'iiebj). 



Extralimital Range. Peru, Ecuador, Colombia. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



This species was originally described from Peru, and was 

 first collected in British Guiana by the late Henry "W'hitely at 

 Mount Roraima and the Merume Mountains, and recorded by 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 433. 



Genus THRENETES Gould. 



Threiiefes Gould, Monogr. Troch. i. pi. 13, October 1852. Type 

 T. leucurus (Linn.). 



In this genus the bill is slightly arched, the nasal covers are 

 feathered, the tail is rounded, and the feathers are })ointed. 



Til roirfrti Irururits. 

 y;,, (;7. — ']'<i illu>tr.ite llif ;«liglitly arciicd bill and ]"iint<.<l tail-featiicr) 



