4 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



with an irregular band of black across tbe fore-neck and breasf, 

 the black extending more or less on to the feathers on the sides of 

 tlie body ; sides of body brown ; remainder of the under surface 

 white tinged with buff; under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts 

 dark Ijrown. 



Total length 123 mm., culmen 16, wing 65, tail 51, tarsus 25. 



The bird from which the description is taken was collected on 

 the Ituribisi River. 



Breeding- season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Note. 



Genus PsEUDOCOXOPOPHAGA Chubb. 



Pseudoconopophaga Chubb, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) ii. 191S, Julv 1, 

 p. 122. 



Fig. 3. — I'seudoconopnphaga melanogaster. 



This genus, which is founded on P. melanogaster (IMenetr.), is 

 distinguished from Conopophaga, based on C. aiirita (Gmel.), by 

 its Ions and narrow bill, the long tarsi and toes, the larger size, 

 and different coloration. 



