2 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



wide and depressed, or flattened bills and short tails, which are 

 only a little longer than the tarsus. 



350. Conopophagra aurita aurita. 



Chestnut-bellied Gnat-eater. 



Titrdus auritiis Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 827, 1789 (Cayenne). 

 Conopophaga aurita Selater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xv. p. 330 (part), 1890 



(Cayenne) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Anier. i. p. 18-1, no. 1839 



(part), 1912 (Guiana). 



Adult male. General colour above golden brown with dark 

 edges to the feathers of the back ; upper wing-coverts more 

 rufous-brown than the back, with pale edges to the feathers like 

 the innermost secondaries ; bastard-?\Mng and primary-coverts 

 dark brown ; quills brown, rufous-brown on the outer edges and 

 pale margins to the inner webs ; tail-feathers brown ; crown of 

 head and nape deep cliestnnt-brown ; a broad patch of silk}'- 

 white feathers on the sides of the hinder crown and nape; base of 

 forehead, lores, a line above the eye, entire sides of face, and 

 throat deep black ; breast bright chestnut ; middle of abdomen, 

 under wing-coverts, and under tail-coverts white; sides of the 

 body and Hanks greyish brown. 



Total length 109 nnn., culmen 17, wing 72, tail 2*^, tarsus 27. 



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

 of the black on the throai, sides of face, base of forehead, and a 

 line above the eye, which is ro])laced by grey at the base of the 

 forehead, rufous on the sides of the face, and white on the tin oat 

 tinged with rufous. Wing 68 nnn. 



The male and female described were collected on the Ituribisi 

 River. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



I^est. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



T^ggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Suponaam River, 

 Bartica, Kamakabra River, Abary River, Great Fulls Uemerara 

 River {^McCo)inell coUectio)t) . 



EMralimital Range. (Cayenne {Gmelin) ; Surinam (Renard). 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Although this species was originally described from Cayenne it 

 has not been previously recorded in the Colony of British 

 Guiana. 



