urcco. 475 



The male from which tlie descrijition is taken was (.'ollected 

 on the Supenaam River. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male. "^Ving 71 mm. 



The female examined is in the British Museum, aiid was 

 collected by Whitely at ^Lount Roraima on the 14th of January, 

 1680 — Salvin-Godman collection. 



Breedimi-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Supenaam River. Bartica, Bonasika 

 River, Warima River, Mazaruni River, Arwye River. Ti<i;er C'reek 

 {McConnell collection) ; Bartica, Kamakusa. !Mernmc Mountains 

 {W/iiteli/). 



E.vtralimital Range. Cayenne {Boddaert), Xorth-east Bi-azil. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



328. Bucco tamatia. 

 Cayenne Spotted Puff-bird. 



Bucco tamatia Gmel. Syst. Xat. i. p. -±05, 17SS (Cayenne) : Cab. in 

 Schomb. Eels. Guian. iii. p. 719, 184S ; Salvin, Ibis, 1SS6, p. 68 

 rBartica Grove, Camacusa, Merume Mts.) ; Selater, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xix. p. 188, 1891 ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 161, 

 no. 1622, 1912. 



Adult female. General colour above dark earth-brown ; forehead 

 and eyebrows tinged with rufous; a bufFy-white collar indicated on 

 the hind-neck, with buff edgings to the feathers on the wings, back, 

 and upper tail-coverts ; the outer primaries, which are incised 

 on the outer webs towards the tip, are narrowly fringed with 

 buff on the outer edges and more broadly on the inner webs ; sides 

 of face black divided by a moustachial streak of white; throat 

 rufous; chin whitish, strongh" furnished with haii'-likc bristles; 

 breast and abdomen white, thickly spotted with black; under 

 tail-coverts white, tinged with buff", and obsolete spots of brown ; 

 under wing-coverts buff', more or less marked with black. 



Total length 174 mm., cuhnen 28, wing 81, tail (i'2, tarsus 17. 



The female described was collected on the Bonasika liiver. 



Adult male. Like the adult female, ^^ing 80 mm. 



Immature. iJiffers from the adult in the absence of the chestnut 

 on the throat, the black jiatch uii the hinder checks, in having 



