152 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIAXA.. 



under surface oE quills brown with white edges; lower ;ispoct of 

 tail pale brown. 



Total length 111 mm., exposed culmen 9, wing 57, tail 47, 

 tarsus 17. 



The type described was collected on the Abarv River in 

 November 1906. 



I have not been able to compare any sexed specimens from. 

 British Guiana, but I have examined a male and female from 

 Colombia, in the British Museum, which are identical both in 

 colour of plumage and wing-measurf^ment. 



JJreedinr/season. Unknown in I>ritisli Guiana. 



Kest. Unrecorded in British Gniiina. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



liaiige in British Guiana. U{>jter Takutu ^Mountains, Abary 

 River {McCnnnell coUection^. 



ExtraVun'ital Range. East Brazil, Tobago, Trinidail, Venezuela, 

 Coloml)ia. 



//((hits. Schomlturgk states (Reis. Guian. iii, p. 700) that this 

 bird lives in the outskirts of the woods, in the plantations, and in 

 the gardens of the natives. 



<;enus EAMPHOTRIGON Bonap. 



Rctmphotrigon Bonaparte, teste Graj, Gen. ct Subgen. B. App. no. SOS </, 

 ISoo. Type JR. rv.ficaudn (S[nx). 



Fig. 61. — Ruinphoti'itjon ruficauda. 



The species on which this genus was based is conspicuous by 

 its entire rufous tail and the outer aspect of the wings, which are 

 also rufous- The bill is depres.sed, hooked at the tip of the upper 

 mandible, and furnished \iith bristles at the base. The wing is 



