HABRURA. — SERPOPHAGA. 167 



tail-coverts creamy-white ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 buff; under surface of quills brown with pale buff on the inner 

 margins ; lower aspect of tail pale brown. 



Total length 87 mm., exposed culmen 10, wing 42, tail 34, 

 tarsus 17. 



The male described was collected in the Upper Takutu Moun- 

 tains in 1908. 



Adult female. Siniilar to the adult male but differs in the 

 absence of the dark bases to the feathers on the chin. Winy- 

 39 mm. 



The female described was collected by Mr. McCvOnnell at Mount 

 Eoraima in October 1898. 



BreedirKj-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Mount Roraima, Upper Takutu 

 Mountains [McConnell collection^. 



Extralimital Range. Venezuela. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Genus SERPOPHAGA Gould. 



Serjyopliaga Gould, Voy. Beagle, Zool. iii. ]j. 19, ISll. Tj^pc S. siih- 

 crisfafa (YieilL). 



Fig. 70. — Serpophdfja suhcristata. 



One of the chief characters in this genns is the elongated crest, 

 with white bases to the feathers which form a more or less 

 concealed spot. The bill is small and pointed. The wing is 

 rounded, the second, third, fourth, and fifth primaries longest 

 and almost e(iual, the first about e(|ual in length to that of the 

 tenth. The tail is long and stpiare at the tij) and about etpial in 

 biugth to that of the wing. The hind (ocaud claw are about lialf 

 tlie leny;th of ihc (uisus. ("ohuaiion: uiah" and female similar. 



