444 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIAX.A. 



Quek-h, Timehri {2) v. j?. 95, 1891 (Georgetown) ; Shelley, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mils. xix. p. 423. 1S91 (Georgetown). 

 Tapera ncevia Braboume <& Chvibb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 153, no. 1496, 

 1912. 



'• Wife-sick " (Qvelcli). 



Adult female. The feathers on the upper surface are black, 

 fringed with chestnut on the head and greyish brown on the back, 

 upper wing-coverts, and upper tail-coverts ; bastard-wing black ; 

 the priinary-coverts brown, becoming darker towards the tips ; 

 primary and secondary quills brown with more or less white at 

 the base of the feathers, and black longitudinal lines on the 

 innermost secondaries ; tail-teathers earth-brown, the outer 

 feathers with wavy dark bottle-green centres ; a white eyebrow, 

 which extends on to the sides of the nape ; ear-coverts brown, a 

 moustaehial black streak : throat and under surface of body dull 

 white wa.'«hed with buff on the throat and under tail-coverts and 

 grey on the chest. " Bill, upper mandible black and yellow, 

 lower mandible grey ; feet grev ; iris greenish yellow/' 



Total length 260 mm., culmen 17, wing 110, tail 152, tarsus 30. 



The female from which the description is taken was collected 

 on the Abary River. 



Adult male. Similar to the adult female in the colour of the 

 plumage. Wing 114 mm. 



The immature bird differs from the adult in beins; more rustv 

 bro\\n on the upper surface, the tips of all the feathers edged with 

 buff imjiarting a barred appearance ; throat buff with dark cross- 

 bars to the feathers ; under tail-coverts similar, but the cross-bars 

 absent. 



The male bird described was collected on the Ituribisi River 

 in August 1009. 



Breeding-season. Lnknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Unde^cribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Mount Roraima, Ituribisi River, 

 Supenaam River, Bartica, Bonasika River, Abary River 

 ( Mr Connell collection) ; Georgetown (^Quelch), 



E.vtraliinital Range. Cayenne ( Linne). fJolombia, Ecuador, Peru, 

 Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 713) 

 this bird is found commonly on the outskirts of the woods 



