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secondary quills dark brown : tail-feathers black tipped with 

 white, more broadly on the lateral ones, some of which are edged 

 with white on the outer webs ; a narrow white line on the base of 

 the forehead which extends over the eye and down the sides 

 of the neck, where it joins the white on the sides of the breast 

 and sides of the body ; lores, sides of face, throat, breast, and 

 abdomen black ; under tail-coverts black tipped with white ; 

 under wing-coverts silky- white, those on the outer margin black 

 minutely tipped with white. 



Total length 120 mm., exposed culmen 15, wing 53, tail 41, 

 tarsus 21. 



Adult female. Head, back, and wings dusky-brown ; upper 

 wing-coverts and tail-feathers blackish brown tipped with white ; 

 lores, sides of face, and throat white, the last tinged with buff ; 

 breast, flanks, and abdomen orange-buff ; under wing-coverts and 

 inner edges of quills white. Wing 54 mm. 



The male and female described were collected on the Abary 

 River in September 190G. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



yest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



liange in British Guiana. Takutu River, Ituribisi River, Abary 

 River, Ireng River, Great Falls Demerara River (JSlcConnell 

 collection) ; Merumd Mountains, Quonga River ( Whitely). 



Eoctralimital Range. Surinam (Penard), Cayenne {Boddaert)y 

 North-east and Eastern Brazil. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 087) 

 this bird lives in the bushes along the river-side. 



Genus TERENURA Cab. & Hein. 



Terenura Cabanis & Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 11, 1859. Type 

 T. mucidata (Wicd). 



Fig. 20. — Terenura maculata. 



The members of this genus arc birds of" small size with pointed 

 bills which are slightlv hooked. The wing is rounded, the fourth 



