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BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 





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Psilomyetey theresice. 

 Fiir. 84. — To show the form of the bill and the sliLrhtlv rovmdrd tail. 



281. Psilomycter theresise. 



Golden-throat. 



Trochilus theresice Da Silon, Maia, Mui. Bi-as. p. 2, 1843 (Para). 

 Chrt/sobronchiis viridissmus Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 435 (Bartica Grove, 



Merume Mts.) ; id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 170, 1892 (Deme- 



rara). 

 Psilomycter theresias Bralxjiu-ne & Chubb, B. S. Ainer. i. p. 124, 



no. 1202, 1912. 



Adult male. General colour above and below brioht grass- 

 green ; flight-feathers dark brown ; under tail-coverts more or less 

 white at the base. 



Total length 92 mm., culmen 19, wing 56, tail 31. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in the feathers of 

 the abdomen and under tail-coverts having a green subapical spot 

 and white tips to the outer tail-feathers. 



The male described was collected on the Ituribisi River, and the 

 female on the Supenaam River. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, 

 Bonasika River, Lower Mazaruni River, Arawai River {McConnell 

 collection) ; Merume Mountains, Ourunei ( WJdtely). 



Kxtralimital Range. North-east Brazil, Venezuela. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



