174 BIRDS OF BRITISH GFIAXA. 



nryOOh.); Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 117, 1S88 (Tioraiina, 

 ]\Ierame Mts.); Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 285, no. 281)9, 

 1912. 



Adult. Crown o£ head, back, lesser upper wing-coverts, upper 

 tail-coverts, outer margins of flight-quills and tail-feathers dark 

 olive-green; median and greater upper wing-coverts broadly 

 ti|»ped with buff ; outer webs of some of the secondary-quills 

 marked with buffy-white ; inner webs of flight-quills blackish 

 margined with white ; inner webs of tjiil-feathers hair-lirown ; 

 sides of face olive-green with more or less black and greyish 

 white intermixed; lores whitish at the base; chin and throat 

 greyish white ; remainder of the under surface including the 

 axillaries and under wing-coverts greenish yellow ; under surface 

 of flight-quills dark brown with wliite margins; lower aspect of 

 tail-feathers brown with wliite shafts. 



Total length 110 mm., exposed cuhnen 8, wing CO, tail oo, 

 tarsus 15. 



The specimen from which the descri[)tion is taken was collected 

 by Mr. McConnell at IMoiint Koraima during his expedition 

 in October 1898. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Mount Roraima {^fcConnell col- 

 lection); Merume Mountains, Mount Roraima ( Wldlelij). 



E.ctraliniital Range. Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Genus CAPSIEMPIS Cab. ^ Hein. 



Ccqjsiempis Cabanis & Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. oG, 18-39. Type 

 C.Jtaveolu (Licht.). 



Fig. 73. — Capsicmpis flavcola. 



