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BIKDS OF BRITISH GUIAXA. 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



Range. Confined to British Guiana : Mount Roraima, Ituribisi 

 River, Abary River, Kamuni River (^McConnell collection); Annai, 

 Mount Roraima ( Whitely) ; Georgetown (Quelch). 



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

 town, remarks (Timehri (2) v. p. 101) : — "The smallest of the 

 group to be found about the town, and fairly commonly, is a tiny 

 greenlet {Chlorostilhon atala).'^ 



Genus THALURANIA Gould. 



Thahirania Gould, P. Z. S. ISiS, p. 13. Type T. nigrofasciata (Gould). 



This genus is characterized by the slender bill, the tomia of the 

 mandible rolled inwards towards the tip, the interramal space 

 feathered, and the tail forked. 





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Thalurania Jissilis. 

 Fig. 79. — To illustrate the straight bill and forked tail. 



274. Thalurania fissilis. 

 Venezuelax Wood-Xymph. 



Tlialnrania Jissilis Berlepsch & Hartert, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 87, 1902 

 ( Caura River, Venezuela); Bra bourne & Chuhh, B. S Anier i 

 p. 121. no. 1172, 1912. 



