478 T5IRDS OF BUITISH GFIANA. 



JS'est. '^ Xests in the burro-svs of the Arma<lillo and Paca ^' 

 (C. A. Lloi/d). 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Upper Takiitu Mountain?, Bartica, 

 Kainakabra liiver, Kurubung River, Rupuuuni River (McConnell 

 collection) ; Kamakusa. Merume Mountains, Kaniarang River 

 (Uhifelg). 



£xtraliniital Range. Cayenne (P. L. S. Mililfr). Northern 

 Brazil. 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 710) that this 

 beautiful large species was always found in pairs. It preferred 

 the dense woods near the river-banks, where it liaunted the trees. 

 Its food consisted of insects, which it caught on the wing. The 

 '" Warraus" called it Horaptijiara and the '"Macu^is'^ Warapi- 

 schuro. 



Mr. C. A. Lloyd, writing on the nesting of some Guiana birds, 

 remarks (Timehri (2) xi. p. G) : — "According to Mr. Barshall, 

 the burrows of the Armadillo and Paca {Coelogenys para) are 

 resorted to by the Red-billed Barbet {Monacha nigra) as a nesting- 

 place. He has never seen their eggs, but all the nests examined 

 by him have contained only two young birds. To the Caribesie 

 Indians this Barbet is known from its cry as the Chekeeda, 

 which means in their dialect. ' I hav^it cot it.' ^' 



Genus CHELIDOPTERA Gould. 

 CJieJidopfera Gould, P. Z. S. IsSli, p. bl. Type C. tenehrosa (Pall.). 



This senus is characterized bv the smaller size, the thin and 

 pointed bill, the short and square tail, and the C()mi)arati\ ely long 

 wiugSj which reach almost to the tip of the tail. 



3;il. Chelidoptera tenebrosa. 



Swallow Puff-bird. 



Cucidus tenehrosus Pall. Xeue Xord, Beytr. iii. p. 2, 17S2 (Surinam). 

 Chelidoptera tenehrosa Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 720, 1848 ; 



Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 63 (Bartica Grove, Merume Mts., River 



Yuruani) ; W. L. Sclater, Ibis, 1887, p. 317 (Maecasseema) ; 



quilch, Timehri (2) ii. p. 375, 1n88 ( Abary River) ; Sclater. Cat. 



B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 207, 1891 (Roraima) • Brabourne &. Chubb, 



B. S. Anicr. i. p. 167, no. 16-37, 1912. 



