216 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 70 ly 

 this l>ircl frequents the outskirts of woods on the river-sides and 

 iu the jihmtations. 



491. Myiobius roraimae. 



RoRAiMA Flycatcher. 



Myiohius roraimce Salvin & Godman, Ibis, 1883, p. 207 (Mount 

 Roi-aima, 3500 ft); Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 297 ; Sola ter. Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 2G8, pL xviii., 1888 (Twek-qiiey Mt., Carimang 

 River) ; Bi-abourne & Chubl), B. S. Amer. i. p. 298, no. 3U39, 

 1912. 



Adult male. Crown of head, liind-neck, l)ack, wings, and upper 

 tail-coverts coffee-brown : the Inise of the feathers on the crown 

 of the head bright oranoe-rnfous ; median and greater upper 

 wing-coverts cinnanion-rufons : primary-coverts and flight-quills 

 dark brown, outer margins of the latter simihir in colour to that 

 of the back, inner margins orange-buff; tail-feathers dark brown 

 fringed on the outer webs with coffee-brown ; rictal bristles black 

 inclining to white at the base; lores yellowish white at the base ; 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, and sides of neck dusky olive-green ; chin 

 and throat A-ellowish white : breast and sides of bodv olive-green : 

 abdomen yellow, becoming paler and inclining to white on the 

 vent and under tail-coverts ; thighs coffee-brown ; axillaries, 

 edge of wing, and under wing-coverts sulphur-yellow; under 

 surface of quills hair-brown broadly margined with buff on the 

 inner edges; lower aspect of tail hair-brown. "Bill dusky on 

 the upper mandible, yellowish on the lower mandible " (Salvin ^ 

 God mail) . 



Total length 137 mm., exposed culmen 10, wing 70, tail G3, 

 tarsus 19. 



Adidt female. Similar to the ad<ilt male but rather smaller. 

 Wing 65 mm. 



This species is not rej)resented in the McConnell collection, and 

 the above descriptions have been taken from material in the 

 British Museum which includes the original specimens obtained 

 by Whitely at Mount Roraima in Ibbl — S.ilviu-Godman collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



Nest. Unrecorded. 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



Range coyifined to British Guiana. Mount Roraima, Twek-quay 

 Mountain. Kamarang River, Takutu River (//. Whilely). 



Habits. Unrecorded. 



