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BIRDS OF 15RITISTI GUIANA. 



Bioir/e confined to British Guiana. Mount lioraima, U])per 

 Takutu ]\Iountains {Mt'Connell collection) ; Mount lioraima and 

 Blcrnine Mountains {Wliitely). 



JIabits. Unrecorded. 



502. Myiarchus nigriceps. 



ScLATEii's Black-headed Flycatcher. 



Mi/iarchns nicfriceps Sclater, P. Z. S. 1S60, p. (JS (Pallatanga, Ecuador); 

 Salvln, ibis, iSSo, p. 29S (Roraima, 3500 ft., Merunie Mts., 

 Camacusa); Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mas. xiv. p. 258, 1S8S (Roraiina); 

 Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 203, no. 3093, 1912. 



Adult male. Crown of head black; back olive-ffreen ; outer 

 edges of the greater np})er wing-coverts and secondary-quills 

 inclining to green ; under surface for the n^ost part yellow. 



Total length 172 nun., exposed culnieu 20, ^Ying 81, tail 74, 

 tarsus 18, middle toe and claw 14. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male but smaller. Wing 73 mm. 



The specimens from which the descriptions are taken were 

 collected on the Ituribisi River, 1908 and IDOIK 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituril)isi River, Supenaam River, 

 Bartica, Kainakabra River, Arawai River (McConnell collection^. 



K.vtraliinital llange. North Brazil, Venezuela, (Jolombia, Ecuador. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Genus EMPIDONOMUS Cab. & Hein. 



Empiilonovuis Cabanis & Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 7G, 1S59. Type 

 E. viiritis (Yieill.). 



Fig. 94. — Enipidonomus varins. 

 In this geaus the bill is flattened, its width at the base is about 



