484 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA, 



crown, nape. amJ malar patch red ; lores and space surrounding 

 the eye burtV-white; throat and sides of the neck black, with 

 double twin white spots to the feather.* ; breast dark brown 

 narrowly barred with buffy-white ; remainder of the under surface 

 similar in colour but more broa'lly Ijarred; under wing-coverts 

 an<l quill-lining lemon-yeUow. 



Total length 11)2 mm., culmeu 23, wing 110, tail 69, tarsus 18. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male, ditfering only in the 

 absence of the red malar patch, which space is like the throat. 

 AVing 113 mm. 



The male and female described rtere collected on the Anarika 

 River. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Sest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Kgijs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Mount Roraima, Makauria Kiver, 

 Anarika River, Mazaruni River (^McConnell collection) : Mount 

 Roraima, 3500 feet, Merume Mountains, Kamarang Kiver 

 {Hliitelg). 



J'J.rtralimital Range. Venezuela, 



Habits. Schomburgk states fReis. Guiau. iii. p. 715) that he 

 found this species throughout British Guiana. 



Genus MELANERPES Swains. 



Jlelanerpes Swainson. Faun. Bor.-Amer., Birds, p. 31G, Feb. 1S32. 

 Type M. erythrocephalus (Linn.j. 



This genus is distinguished by having the nostrils entirely 

 covered with bristles, the tarsus shorter than the outer posterior 

 toe, and the general colour of the plumage, of the Guianu species, 

 tor the most part, black. 



Keg to tlte Sjjecies. 



A. A nuchal collar of golden yellow m con- 



trast to the upper back ; a red spot on 



the middle of the crown , . J/! crufi/i fafus,2^J>- 485. 



a. No red spot on the middle of the crown JI. cruentatus, 6 . p. 485. 



B. Xo nuchal collar, nape uniform black like 



the upper back ; a red spot on the middle 



of the crown JI. ruhn/rons, 6 , J^. i86. 



h. Xo red sjxjt on the middle of the crown, 



which is uniform black J/, ruhrifrons, $ , p. 486. 



