128 BIRDS OF BRrnSH GUIANA. 



with narrow shaft-streaks to the feathers ; back, scapulars, aud 

 upper wing-coverts pale rust-brown ; outer aspect of quills, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, and tail rufous, inner webs of tlight-quills 

 dark brown on the apical portion ; chin and throat cream-colour ; 

 the feathers of the breast cream-white lined with black and mar- 

 gined with olive-grey, becoming almost uniform olive-grey on 

 the abdomen; under tail-coverts similar in pattern to the breast 

 but inclining to rufous ; under wing-coverts and inner edges of 

 quills below orange-rufous ; lower aspect of tail similar to that 

 above. 



Total length 9G mm., exposed culinen 28, wing 9-4|, tail 81f, 

 tarsus 15. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male but smaller. ^Ving 

 85 mm. 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collection, and 

 the birds described are in the British Museum. The male was 

 collected in the Kukenaam Mountains at an altitude of 5000 feet 

 by H. AVhitely on the 31st August, 1883, and the female at 

 Mount Roraima, altitude 3500 feet, H. Whitely, on December 6, 

 1883 — both in the Salvin-Godman collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Mount Roraima, Kukenaam Moun- 

 tains ( Whitely). 



Extralimital Range. Venezuela, Colombia. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Genus CAMPYLORHAMPHUS Bertoni. 



Campylorhamphus Bertoni, Aves Neuv. Parag. p. 70, 1901. Type 

 C. procurviis (Temm.). 



This genus is easily recognised by the long and sickle-shaped 

 bill which is smooth, much compressed, and more than half the 

 length of the wing. Coloration: male and female simihir. 



