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inner portion o£ the inner webs of the secondary quills inclining 

 to cinnamon ; head slightly darker than the back, with pale narrow 

 shaft-streaks and narrow dark broAvn edges to the feathers ; ear- 

 coverts similar with whitish shaft-lines; throat and hinder cheeks 

 (hill white with brown margins to the feathers; remainder of 

 under surface fulvous barred with dark brown; under wing- 

 coverts and quill-lining cinnamon-rufous, the quills somewdiat 

 darker at the tips; lower aspect of tail dull rufous. 



Total length 285 mm , exposed culmen 35, wing 132, tail 125, 

 tarsus 28, middle toe and claw 28. 



The bird described was collected on the Makauria River, 

 August 1910, 



A young bird from the Kamakabra River differs from the 

 adult in being somewhat paler on the upper surface, the feathers 

 of the iie;id and nape fulvous with narrow dark edgings, but no 

 conspicuous pale shaft-streaks as in the adult ; under surface 

 also paler ; the bill much shorter and for the most part black ; 

 tail very short, but the feathers well formed. 



Breedui'/season. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



j\est. In holes in trees (!Schoml>nr(ih). 



Krpjs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



BaiH/e in British Guiana. Mount Roraima, Supenaam River, 

 Bonasika River, Bartica, Kamakabra River, Makauria River, 

 Aljary River (^McConnell collection^ ; Mount Roraima, IMerume 

 Mountains, Kamakusa, Bartica ( Wldtely.) 



Extraliinital Ranfje. Surinam (Penard), Venzeuela, Guiana, 

 North and North-cast Brazil. 



llal>il.<. tSclioinburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. j>. 080) that he 

 met with this bird in the Canuku Mountains. Its habit of tree- 

 clinibing is similar to our Tree-creeper (^CertJiia familiaris). It 

 makes its nest in holes in trees. The " Arekunas " and the 

 " Macusis " call it Tarikua. 



Family TYRANNIDiE. 



This family consists of a large number of genera of various 

 forms ; the majority however have flattened, or n)nscIc:i|tiMe b'II< 

 thus representing th(} Flycatcliers of the O'd Woibl. '"'^ 

 of the plumage is also varied, but the mure usual uuc is ^rouu 

 accompanied by yellow, olive, or grev. 



