92 BIRDS OF BRITISn GUIANA. 



J^ygs. Un(Ioscril)ed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Itiiribisi River, Supenaam River, 

 Bartica, Kamakabra River, Anarica River, Great Falls Demerura 

 River {McConnell collection) ; Kamakusa, Merujtne Mountains, 

 Atapurow River, Kamarang River ( WJutelt/}. 



Extralimital Range. Surinam {Penard)^ Cayenne {Vieillot), 

 Rio Capim, Para ( Wallace). 



Jfahits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



407. Sclerurus rufigularis. 

 Pelzeln's Black-tailed Leaf^ciiaper. 



Sclerurus rufiqularis Pelzehi, Orn. Bras. pp. 87, 161, 1S69 (Borba and 

 Marabitanas); Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 247, no. 250o, 

 1912. 



Sclerurus caudacutus Sclatcr, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xv. p. 110 (part, 

 specimens* 7«, /), 1890. 



Adult male. General colour al)ovo and below dark chocolate- 

 brown ; inner webs of fliolit-quills brown ; upper tail-coverts 

 inclining to chestnut ; tail blackish ; a narrow line over the eye, 

 sides of face, and throat pale rufescent ; under wing-coverts 

 rust-brown ; under surface of quills pale brown ; lower aspect of 

 tail blackish. 



Tot;d length 137 mm., exposed culmen 19, wing 80, tail 55, 

 tarsus 21. 



The male described was collected on the Supenaam River in 1910. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male. Wing 77 mm. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Supenaam River, ]\Iakauria River, 

 Anarica River (^McConnell collection) ; Kamarang River, Ourumee, 

 Takutu River, Bartica (Whitcly). 



Extralimitcd Range, Northern Brazil. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



408. Sclerurus mexlcanus macconnelli. 

 McCoxneI;L's Leafscraper. 



Sclerurus mexicanus macconnelli Chubb, Bulb Brit. Orn. Cluli, xxxix. 



p. 4l, Dec. 1918. 

 Sclerurus mexicanns (nee Scl.) Brabourne & Cliubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 24G, 



no. 2503, 1912. 



