24() BIRDS OF BKITISH GUIANA. 



This spociinon was also collected on the Lower ]\Iazarnni River 

 l)y Mr. McConnell in 1898. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. See Sehomburgk, infra. 



Fajcis. Undescrihed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. \]\)])er Takutu Mountains, Ireno^ 

 River, Ituribisi River, Supenaani River, Bartica, Kamakabra River, 

 Bonasika River, Lower Ma/.aruni River (McConnell collection) • 

 Bartica (Wltitelt/). 



B.rtraliniital Bange. Nortli-east Venezuela, Northern Brazil. 



IJalnts. Accoidino; to Sclioin})urgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. G9G) 

 the habits of this bird are very similar to those of C. jxireola^ 

 thongh he met with it more often solitary or in ])airs, and m arlj 

 always in dense woods or shnd)s, especiallv along the banks of 

 rivulets in the woods. Its nest is also like that of C. ]>areola, 

 p. 1^50. 



510. Pipra leucocilla. 

 White-crowned Black Manaktn. 



Parvs leucocilla Linn. Mus. Ad. Frid. Prodr. ii. p. 33, ITGi (Surinam). 

 l^ipru leucocilla Cab. in Schonib. Keis. Guian. iii. p. (597, 18-18 ; Salvin, 



Ibis, 18S.'), p. 300 (Bartica (Jrovc, Camacusa, Merunie Mts.) ; 



W. L. Selater, Ibis, 1887, ]). 318 (Maccasseenia) ; P. L. Sclater, 



Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 297, 1888 (Bartica (Jrove, Camacusa); 



Beebe, Our Searcli for a Wilderness, p. 311, 1910 (Aivmu River) ; 



Bnibuurne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. 1. p. 300, no. 3120, 1912. 



Adult male. Grown of head and nape white ; remainder of the 

 plumage velvety blue-black. 



Total length 91 mm., exposed culmen 11, wing G4, tail 24, 

 tarsus IG. 



The male described was collected by Mr. McCJonnell on the 

 Mazaruni River in 1898 during his expedition to Mount Roraima. 



Adult female. General colour above green, with a slaty tinge on 

 the head ; under surface grey, including the under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries ; a band of green across the breast. Wing G3 mm. 



The description of the female is taken from an example collected 

 on the Ituribisi River iu February 1907. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Bggs. Undescrihed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Cotinga River, Ituribisi River, 



