GALBULA. 4G9 



E.vtraVimital Range. North Brazil. 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian, iii. p. 717, no. 238) 

 that the mode oi life and distribution of this species are the same 

 as those of G. paradisea (= Urogalba dea, p. -IG-i). 



322. Galbula albirostris. 



White-billed Jacamae. 



Galbula alhirostris Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 24:5, 1790 (Guiana) ; Salvin, 

 Ibis, 18S6, p. 61 (Bartica Grove. Camaciisa, Mei'iime Mts., 

 Eoraima, 3500 ft.); W. L. Sclater, Ibis, 1S87, p. 318 (Maccas- 

 seema) ; P. L. Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 168, 1891 ; 

 Brabourne k Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 162, no. 1592, 1912. 



Galbula Jlai-ii'ostris Cab. in Scbomb. Eeis. Gnian. iii. p. 717, no. 236, 

 1848. 



Adult male. Back, -wings, and tail metallic bronze-green, as are 

 also the cheeks ; inner webs of tail-feathers, except the middle 

 oneSj edged with cinnamon ; crown of head metallic crimson ; 

 under surface, including the under wing-coverts, chestnut ; a 

 triangular patch of white on the throat. 



Total length 177 mm., culmen 36, wing 73, tail 66, tarsus 11. 



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

 the white throat-patch. Wing 71 mm. 



The birds from which the descriptions are taken were collected 

 on the Ituribisi River. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Is est. " At the end of a short tunnel '^ {Beebe). 



■Eggs. " Four round white eggs laid on the bare clay " (Beehe) . 



Hange in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, 

 Bartica, Kamakabra River, C'otinga River, Mazarnni River 

 [McConnell collection) ; Mount Roraima, Merume Mountains, 

 Kamakusa, Bartica ( Wldtely) ; Maccasseema ( TT'. L. Sclater). 



Extralimital Range. Venezuela, North Brazil. 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 717, no. 236) 

 that the habits and distribution are exactly the same as those of 

 (j. leptnra (= G. rujicaiula, p. 467). 



Mr. Beebe remarks (Our Search for a Wilderness, p. 236) : — 

 " We have found the home of a Jacamar. At the end of the sliort 

 tunnel are four round white eggs laid on the bare clay." 



