COTIXGA. — XirHOLENA. 



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buff; remainder of qnill-liiiino- dark brown; lower aspect o£ tail 

 pale brown with a ruddy tinge. ^'i"g HO mm. 



The specimens described were collected on the Ituribisi River 

 in October 1908. 



The young male of this species, as in C. cot'inqa, in its first 

 plumage is similar to the adult female but rather darker, and the 

 first appearance of the male dress is usually noticed by the scat- 

 tered blue feathers on the head, mantle, abdomen, upper and under 

 tail-coverts, and the approach of purjde on the throat. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Sest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, 

 Mazaruni River, Bartica, Great Falls Demerara River, AraAvai 

 River {McConnell collection) ; Upper Mazaruni River {Broicn) ; 

 Bartica ( Wliitely). 



Extralimital Range. Venezuela, East Ecuador, East Peru, 

 North Brazil. 



Habits. The following note has been copied from (\ Barrington 

 Brown (Canoe and Camp Life, p. 395) : — "Numbers of purple- 

 throated Cotingas [Cotinga caijenna) were to be seen feeding on 

 the berries of shrubs about the houses, and on the seeds of the 

 silver-bally tree in the adjacent bush." 



Genus XIPHOLENA Glogcr. 



Xipholena Gloger, Hand-u. Hilfsb. d. Nat. p. 320,1842. TviiQX.punicea 

 (Pall.). 



Fig. 11^. — To show the formation of the major-coverts. 

 This genus is distinguished chicily by the elongation and peculiar 



