31U BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA, 



Jfelanofroch tilts fuscus Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. Ill, 

 no. 1059, 19i2. 



Adult. General colour above and below velvety-black with 

 glossy steel-green on the lower back, upper tail-coverts, and middle 

 tail-feathers ; outer tail-feathers white, edged with brown at the 

 tips ; a white lin^ on the flanks which joins the base of the white 

 outer tail-feathers. 



Jlcfanotrocliilus fuscits. 



Fig. 73. — To illustrate the shape of the bill, the slightly emarginated 

 tail, and the shorter upper tail-coverts. 



Total length 126 mm., culmen 18, wing 78, tail 45. 



The bird described above was collected on the Bonasika River 

 in December 1898. 



This is the first and only known record of the occurrence of 

 this species in British Guiana. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Kest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



E(jgs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Bonasika River (McConnell collection). 



Extralinntal Range. Eastern Brazil. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiann. 



Note. — Thaumasius Sclater is an emended name for Thaumantias 

 Bonap., and, furthermore, it is preoccupied in Aranew. 



A new name, therefore, is required, for which wo propose 

 Brabournea. with B. tar:anoicslii (Sclater) as the tyjie. 



