PIAYA, 441 



301. Fiaya melanogaster. 

 Black-bellikd CIuckoo. 



Ciiniliis melanorjasiev Yieill. X. Diet. cVHist. Nat. viii. p. 2SG, 1817 



(Guiana). 

 Pyrrhococci/x hraclii/jjfenis Cab. in Sehonib. Kuis. (juian. iii. p. 714, 



1848. 

 Piaya meJanorja&ier Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 64 (Bartioa GroA'e, Camaeusa, 



Merume Mts.) ; Brabourne A: Cbubb, B. 8. Anicr. i. p. 152, no. 1489, 



1912. 

 Piaya meJanoyasira Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 877, 1891 (Burtica 



Grove). 



Adult male. C-ro\vn of liead and lores lead-grey ; back, winos, 

 tail, throat, and upper breast chestnut, some\Adiat paler on the 

 chin ; flio-ht-quills broAvn at the ti[»s ; the tail-feathers chestnut 

 above and below broadly lipped with white, the intervening 

 jiortion black; lower breast dusky; abdonien, flanks, under tail- 

 coverts, and under wing-coverts black. " Bill red ; legs and 

 claws slate-colour ; irides crimson '■' {H. Whitehj). 



Total length 355 mm., culmen 29, wing 135, tail 214, tarsus 33. 



The male described was collected on the Kamakabra River. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male. Wing 132 mm. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



E<jgs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Ro.nge in British Guiana. Ituribisi Kiver, Kamakabra River 

 (McConnell collection^ ; Bartica, Kamakusa, Merun)e IMountains 

 {niiifelfj). 



Kxtralimital Bange. Brazil, Eastern Pern. Ecuador. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. [). 714) the 

 iiabits and distribution of this i)ird are the same as those of 

 J*, cayana (p. 439). The " Warraus" call it /'ilafiiajia. 



802. Piaya rutila. 



LiTTi.K Cuckoo. 



f'arvlus rvtihis I]]i<r. Abli. IJcrl. Ak. Wi.^s. 1812, p. 224 (Cayenne), 

 l\i/rrlincorry.r iiiiiitil iix Cal». in Sclidnib. Heis. Guian. iii. j). 71 !•, 1848. 

 I^iaya minutn Salvin, Ibi.*^, 1S.S(>, p. (i4 ; Slulli-y, Cat. I!. I'.rit. Mus. 



'xix. p. 878, 1891 (Hritisli (Juiana). 

 J^iiii/ii rnlihi I{('cli(', Our Scan-li for a Wildcrnrsx. p. 181. 191(> ((Jcorpe- 

 town;; Hr.ibouni.- it Cliubb. 15. S. Ain.-r. i. \>. 1")2. no. 1490, 19j2. 



