250 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



the base being about four-fifths the lengtb of the exposed cnlmen, 

 and the upper mandible is hooked at the tip. The wing is 

 rounded ; the third, fourth, and fifth primary-quills longest and 

 equal, the second about equal in length to the sixth, and the first 

 slightly shorter than the eighth. The tail is square and rather 

 more than five-eighths the length of the wing. The tarsus exceeds 

 the length of the exposed culmen by about three-eighths. 



513. Chloropipo uniformis. 



RoRAiMA Green Manakin. 



Chloropi^oo itniformis Salvin & Grodman, Ibis, 1884, p. 427 (Mount 

 Eoraima) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 299 (Merume Mts.) ; Sclater, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 280, 1888 (Twek-quey Mt., Carimang Biver); 

 Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 308, no. 3145, 1912. 



Adult male. General colour of the upj)er parts dark olive- 

 green ; inner webs of flight-quills dark brown ; tail-feathers 

 blackish ; chin and throat inclining to dark grey ; breast and 

 sides of the body dark olive-green, becoming paler and inclining 

 to yellow on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; axillaries and 

 under wing-coverts pale sulphur-yellow. 



Total length 140 mm., exposed culmen iO, wing 81, tail 55, 

 tarsus 16. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male, but paler on the 

 uniler surface. Wing 7G mm. 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collection, and 

 the descriptions are taken from the types in the British Museum, 

 which were collected at Mount Roraima by the late Henry 

 AVhitely — Salvin-Godman collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



Nest. Unrecorded, 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



Range confined to British Guiana. Mount Roraima, Merume 

 Mountains, Tvvek-quey Mountain, Kamarang River (^Wldteli/). 



Habits. Unrecorded. 



