462 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA 



and ear-coverts, and a patch on each side of the abdomen ; thighs, 

 lower flanks, and tips of tail-feathers chestnut ; under tail-coverts 

 for the most part red ; under wing-coverts lemon-yellow like the 

 inner edges of the quills on the under surface. 



Total length 315 mm., bill from gape 70, wing 135, tail 107, 

 tarsus 32. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the head, 

 hind-neck, throat, breast, and abdomen chestnut instead of black. 

 Wing 127 mm. 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collection, and 

 the descriptions are taken from specimens in the British Museum 

 said to have been collected in British Guiana by Schomburgk — 

 Gould collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Kanuku Mountains [Schomhurgk). 



Extralimital Range. Oa)'enue, Venezuela, and North-west 

 Brazil. 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 721, no. 255) 

 that he found this species in the Kanuku Mountains and the woods 

 near the coast, where it was generally in pairs. The "Macusis" 

 call it Kamata, the " Warraus " Wabacktsebeh, and the " Paravil- 

 hanos '^ Maniata. 



According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 721, no. 256) 

 the habits and distribution of this bird are the same as those of 

 the preceding species ( = 6'. nattereri). 



Genus AULACORHAMPHUS Gray. 



Aulacorhamphus Gray, List Gen. B. p. 50, 1840. Type A. sulcafus 

 (Swains.). 



In this genus the sexes are of the same colour of plumage, the 

 nostrils are elongated, and the ridge of the culmen is flattened. 



317. Aulacorlianipliiis whitelyanus. 

 Whitely's Akacari. 



Aulacorhamphus whitelyanus Salvin & Godman, Ibis, 1882, p. 83 

 (Merunie Mts. ) : Salvin. Ibi.s, 1880. p. 06 (Horaima, 801)0 to 



