COMPSOTHLYPIS. DENDRCECA. 403 



cliin, abdomen, and sides of body yellow ; throat and breast 

 fawn-colour; under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts white; 

 axillaries grey ; under surface of flight-quills greyish brown. 



Total length 108 mm., exposed culmen 10, wing 57, tail 41, 

 tarsus 16. 



The specimen from which the description is taken was collected 

 at Mount Roraima by Mr. McOonnell during his expedition in 

 October 1898. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in being less bright 

 and rather smaller in size. Wing 50 mm. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Mount Roraima (^McConnell collection) ; 

 Mount Roraima ( Wldtely). 



Extralimital Range. Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, East 

 Ecuador. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Genus DENDRCECA Gray. 



Dendroeca Gray, List Genera B. App. 8, 1842. Type D. coronatus 

 (Linn.). 



Fig. 154. — To show the pointed bill. 



The members of this genus are for the most part small and 

 brightly coloured birds. The bill is pointed, the width at the base 

 being about half the length of the exposed culmen. The wing is 

 rounded, the second primary longest, and the first is about equal in 

 length to the third. The tail is square at the tip and almost two- 

 thirds the length of the wing. The tarsus is about half the length 

 of the tail and about twice the length of the exposed culmen. 

 Coloration : the female differs in being less bright. 

 Keg to the Species. 



A. Crown of h.-ad yellow D. crstiva, ]). 404. 



B. Crown of head black JJ. brcviiinyuis, p. 405. 



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