PIT ANGUS. 2(>1 



three eo-os with blackish-brown spots wliich are concentrated 

 towards the larger end (C. A. Lloi/d). 



Baiige in British Guiana. Upjjer Takutu Mountains, Supenaam 

 River, Bartica, Abary River [McConneJl collection) ; Bartica 

 [WhitelTi/); Greor getown (Quelch: Beebe). 



Extralimital Range. Cayenne [Linne) ; North Brazil, Peru, 

 Ecuador. 



Habits. Schombnrgk gives the following note in regard to this 

 bird (Reis. Guian. ii. p. 435): — " It had scarcely dawned before I 

 heard a sound as though it came from a ' Gras-concertina,' it 

 was so beautiful and clear, the intervals were also in perfect time 

 which made it a complete melody. I listened to it perfectly spell- 

 bound and was at a loss to know whether it was a fairy or a bird. 

 Mv Indian told me that it was the ' Flageolet-bird or Sinu"in<]i; 

 Frenchman,' " 



According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. G98) this bird 

 is one of the commonest species in the Colony. It is found in 

 ])lantations where one can see it on almost every tree and hear its 

 loud [)ecwliar voice. It is distributed throughout the settlement, 

 i'eojde on their first arrival are immediately attracted by it and, 

 in many cases inquire, in a police-like manner, ' Qu-est-ce-tjue- 

 dit.^" 



In Volume I. of his travels, Schomburgk also writes: — "It is 

 a cantankerous bird and is always on the 'war-path' with its 

 fellow species. As soon as it sees a hawk it immediately starts 

 off in pursuit of it, all the time uttering its loud cries. I have 

 been assuied that it takes nestlinfjs from their nest and devours 

 them, but I have never l)een able to convince mvself as to the 

 correctness of this statement. I have, however, noticed that small 

 bii'ds, as soon as they see it, start in pursuit of it as though it had 

 cniinnitteii some such crime. 



"'Ihe nest, which is built of dry grass and lined with feathers, 

 is usually placed in the fork of an outer branch of a small tree, or 

 tall bush growing near a river, but I have also seen it in trees on 

 the outskirts of the woods and those in the fields cultivated by 

 natives. Tlie nest is very deep.'' 



Lloyd Price (Tiniehri (2) iv. p. Gl j, willing on the nests and 

 eggs of some common Guiana birds, remarks: — " One of the most 

 common of birds, and certainly the first to be noticed, is a brown 

 and yellow Tyrant-shrike calle«l tho Keskeediw {Pituvf/us sul- 



