324 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



•uith pale edgings to the feathers on tlie lower back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts ; innermost secondaries margined with white 

 at the tips ; wings rather darker than the back ; tail similar in 

 colour to the back with narrow white margins to some of the 

 feathers ; sides of face, a band across the breast, axillaries, sides 

 of body, and under wing-coverts similar in colour to the back ; 

 under surface of flight-quills with white shafts to the feathers ; 

 throat, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white ; lower aspect of 

 tail pale brown. 



Total length 119 mm., exposed culmen 6, wing 100, tail 49, 

 tarsus 11. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male, but rather smaller. 

 Wing 97 nmi. 



Immature male. Differs from the adult male and female in being- 

 pale smoke-brown on the crown of the head, back, sca})ulais, 

 upper tail-coverts, sides of face, band across the breast, axillaries, 

 and under wing-coverts. 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collection, and 

 the descriptions are taken from specimens in the British J\Juseum — 

 Salvin-Godman collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



I^est. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Bartica ( W lately). 



Ed'tralimital Range. Brazil, Peru, Jamaica, Central and North 

 Amer^pa, Europe, Africn, and Asia. 



Habits. According to Quelch (Timehri (2) x. p. 2^2) this bird 

 is a winter misraut in British Guiana. 



