UROGALBA. 4<^0 



o£ the under surface black with a dark bluish-green gloss; flanks 

 streaked with white ; median under wing-coverts and inner edges 

 ot quills below white. 



Total length 316 mm., culmen 60, wing 02, middle tail- 

 feathers 175, tarsus 11. 



The description of the female is based on an example collected 

 on the Ituribisi River. 



Adult male. Similar to the adult female. Wing 96 mm. 



£reedint:f-fteaso7i. Unknown in British Guiana. 



2^ est. "* Like Kingfishers '' (Beebf). 



J^OQS. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Bartica, Anarika 

 River, Kako River, Great Falls Demerara River, Makauria 

 River, Abary River, Mazaruni River {McConnell collection) : 

 Bartica, Merume Mountains [WJiiteli/) ; Maccassema ( TF. L. 

 Sclater) ; Georgetown {Quelch) ; Hoorie River {Beehe). 



Kxtralimital Range. Surinam (Linne), Cayenne. Xorth Brazil. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 717) this 

 bird often associates with Euplwnia and Finches that frequent 

 the tall trees on the edges of the woods, or solitary young trees 

 near the Indian settlements. One sees, as a rule, several perched 

 on the outermost branches of the trees, where they watch for 

 insects flying past, which they quickly catch, and return to their 

 perch again. The '' Warraus^^ call it XaJiowusch. 



^Ir. J. J. Quelch observed this species in Georgetown, and 

 remarks (Timehri (2) v. p. 96) : — "Very occasionally, the long- 

 tailed Paradise Jacamar {Urogalba paradisea) will be met with 

 about the bushy parts on the outskirts of the town, but these are 

 evidently, from the very rare occasions on which they are seen, 

 but casual visitors. They are quiet, sluggish, insectivorous 

 creatures, and are generally seen perching in the same place for 

 long periods.^' 



Mr. Beebe writes (Our Search for a Wilderness, p. 171) : — 

 " One of the first things which caught our eve were several 

 brilliantly iridescent green birds, insect-catching, among tiie 

 brush near the house. These were Paradise Jacamars. and they 

 had their homes in the clay banks of the rivulets, deep buried in 

 the narrow valleys which abounded in the forest. Each bird 

 had two or ftiore favourite twigs. When bug-hunting flagged 

 at one post thov fli-w with a Ion;: .»wfiop to the sfcoiid | oint 



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