308 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



in the British Museum collected by Whitely at Annai in .Tune 

 1890 — Salvin-Godmiift. collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



Nest. Unrecorded. 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



Range. Confined to British Guiana : Annai ( Whitely) ; George- 

 town [Quelcli). 



Habits. Mr. J. J. Quelch, writing on the Birds o£ Georgetown, 

 remarks (Timehri (2) v. p. 101) : — "Another Emerald, which is 

 distinguished from A . leucogaster by its smaller size and much 

 more bronze and golden-green upper surface and sides, is also to 

 be obtained. The males have coloured bills and the females black, 

 and the species seems to be indistinguishable from A. cJdonopectus, 

 except by the slightly darker tail and the less pale-green head. 

 It seems to be but a variety of this form.'* 



Genus SAUCEROTTEA Bonap. 



Saucerottea Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Paris, xxx. p. 381, April 1850. 

 Type S. saucerottei (Delat. & Bourc). 



In this genus the bill is nearly straight, the culmen is feathered 

 at the base, the anterior portion of the nasal covers is exposed, 

 and the tail is short and rounded or very slightly emarginate. 



Savcfvoftea cifpreicaucJa. 

 Fig. 75. — To show the form of the bill and the shape of the tail. 



269. Saucerottea cupreicauda. 



COPPER-TAILEU ErYTHRONOTE. 



Amazilia cupreicanda Salvin & Godraan, Ibis, 1884, p. 452 (Roraima) ; 

 Salvin, Ihis, 1885, p. 485 (Merume Mts.) ; Sharpe, in Gould's 



