370 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



JVest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescrihed from British Guiana. 



Range in Bviti><li Guiana. Quiharroo River, Supenaani River, 

 Bnrtica, Kamakabra River, Bonasika River, Makauria River, 

 Arwye River, Tiger Creek {McConnell collection)-, Merume 

 Mountains, Kamakusa, Bartica { Whitely). 



Extralimital Range. Cayenne (Boddaert). 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



575. Microcerculus ustiilatus. 



RoRAiMA Scaly-breasted Wren. 



Microcerciihis tistulatus Salvin & Godman, Ibis, 1883, p. 204, pi. ix. 

 fig. 2 (Eorainia, SoOO-oOOO ft.); Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 2UU ; 

 Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 340, no. 3477, 1912. 



Adult. Head, back, scapulars, and upper wing-coverts choco- 

 late-brown : flight-quills and tail blackisii ; chin and throat 

 cinnamon-brown, remainder of the under surface including the 

 under wing-coverts coifee-brown ; under surface of flight-quills 

 blackish brown like the lower aspect of the tail. 



Total length 105 mm., exposed culmen 12, wing 55, tail 28, 

 tarsus 22. 



The specimen from which the descrijition is taken was collected 

 at Roraima by Mr. McC'onnell in October Is'jy. 



Breeding -season. Unknown. 



Nest. Unrecorded. 



Eggs. Undesci'ibed. 



Range confined to British Guiana. Mount Roraima [JJcConnell 

 collection); Mount Roraima [Wldtelg). 



Habits. Unrecorded. 



