72 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Genus PHLEGOPSIS Reicbenb, 



FTiIegopsis Reichenbach, Svst. Av. p. Ivii, 1S50. Tvpe P. nigromaculata 

 (LatV. & D'Orb.). 



Fig. 34. — Phlef/opsis )ilrjroinacvhifa. 



Tbis o-onus is distiiiouisliod l)y tbe ])are space round tbe eye, 

 the nncbal crest, strong feet, and snioorb tarsi. Tbe bill is sbarply 

 booked, the ox])osed culnien ahour. two-thii-ds rlie length of tbe 

 tarsus. Tbe wino- is rounded, tbe fourtli and tiftb ]u-iniaries 

 longest and the tbii-d equal to the sixth in h'ngth. The tail is 

 very sliiihtlv rouiuled, tbe outer feather on each side being only 

 about 3 mm. sborter than tbe midde ones. 



394. Phleg-opsis erythroptera. 

 Rufous-winged-Bare-eye. 



Formicarivs eri/thropterus Gould, Ann. & Mag. Hist (2) xv. p. 345, 



1855 (Demerara) ; id. P. Z. S. 1855, p. G9. 

 Phlogopsis eryfhropiera Scdater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xv. p. 301, 1890 



(Demerara). 

 Phlegopsis erythropiera Braboui'ne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 213, 



no. 2151,'l912. 



Achilt (type of tbe species). Crown of bead, sides of face, 

 tbroat, and entire under surface black, including the under tail- 

 coverts and under wing-coverts ; upper back and upper wing- 

 coverts black, the feathers narrowly edged with white, the median, 

 greater series, and primary-coverts broadly tipped with chestnut ; 

 basal portion of flight-quills and tips of secondaries chestnut, the 

 remaining portion black ; lower back dusky black ; upper tail- 

 coverts black tipped with maroon-chestnut; tail black above and 

 below ; flight-quills below rufous at the base, hair-brown on the 

 apical portion. 



