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BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Miicejjluda ccendea Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 435 (Bartica Grove) ; id. Cat, 

 B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 241, 1892. 



Adult male. General colour ubove dark green ; tail steel-blue ; 

 flight- feathers l)ro\vn ; under surface bright glittering green ; 

 thighs white. '" U[)per mandible black, lower mandible flesh- 

 colour." 



Total length 94 nun., culmen 16, wing 52, tail 30. 



C'hloresfes aufaftis. 



Fig. 77. — To sliow the culmen, which is bare ahnost to tlie base, the 

 expo.sed nasal covers, and the slightly rounded tail. 



Tlie description of the male is taken from an exam])]e collected 

 by Mr. McConnell on tlie Mazaruni River. 



Adult female. Difliers from the adult male in being white on 

 the under surface with green tips to the feathers. 



The female described was collected on tlie Su[)enaam River. 



Breedin (J- season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



JVest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



J^ggs. Undesciiljed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Supenaam River, Bartica, Mazaruni 

 River, Kamakahra River, Makauria River, Anarica River, 

 Arawye River, Bonasika lliver [McConnell collection) ; Bartica 

 ( Whitely). 



Extralhnital Range. North Brazil, East Ecuador, Venezuela, 

 Trinidad, Tobago. 



Habits. Mr. J. J. Quelch, who observed this species in George- 

 town, remarks (Timehri (2) v. p. 101): — "The Blue-chinned 

 Sapj)hire [Eucephala ccerulea) is also to be found on the outskirts 

 of the town, though they are by no means common.^' 



