78 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



equal. The tarsus is somewhat long, being ratlier more than 

 twice the length of the exposed cuhnen, and strongly scutellated. 



397. Chamaeza fulvescens. 



Merume Ant-Thrush. 



(Platp I. fig. 2.) 



CTiamceza fulvescens Salvin & Gothnan, Ibis, 1SS2, p. 79 (Merume 

 Mts.) ; Salvin, Ibis, ISSo. p. -129 (Camacusa, Horanna, 350U ft.) ; 

 Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xv. p. 308, 1890 (Mcrmne Mts., 

 Koraima) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 215, no. 2100, 

 1912. 



Adult male. General colour above fulvous-brown including the 

 head, back, wings, and tail; upper wing-coverts and inner webs 

 of the primary and secondary quills rather darker than the back ; 

 the lateral tail-feathers have a dark subterminal band and edged 

 with white at the tips ; the feathers covering the nostrils fulvous ; 

 the feathers on the chin, cheeks, and behind the eye white marked 

 with brown and tinged with fulvous ; sides of the neck like the 

 back ; middle of throat white tinged with fulvous ; the feathers 

 on the fore-neck fulvous margined with black ; abdomen white, 

 the feathers margined with Ijlack ; sides of the body black, 

 the feathers broadly margined on one side with white ; under 

 tail-coverts blackish tipped with fulvous, some of the lateral 

 ones showing more or less white ; axillaries white edged or tipped 

 with brown ; under wing-coverts white tipped with brown ; quill- 

 lining and under surface of tail pale brown, the latter having the 

 tips of the feathers edged with white. 



Total length 195 mm., exposed culmen 24, wing 103, tail CI, 

 tarsus 45. 



The above description is based on an example collected by 

 Mr. F. V. McConnell at Mount Roraima in 1898. 



Adxdt female. Similar to the adult male, but rather smaller. 

 "Wing 98 mm. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest, Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Mount Roraima (McConnell 

 collection) ; Merume Mountains and Mount Roraima ( Whilely). 



Extralimital Range. Surinam (Renard). 



IJabits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



