410 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Tlio female described was collected at Mashapu. 



Breedinri-aeason. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Is est. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Bartica, 

 Bouasika River, Mashapu, Abary River (McConnell collection) ; 

 Yaruani River ( Whitelg). 



Ea'tralimital Range. Cayenne (Gmelin), Trinidad, Venezuela, 

 (.'olombia. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Genus GRANATELLUS Bonap. 



Granatellus Bonaparte, Consp. Av. i. p. 312, 1S50. Type G. venustus 

 (Bonap.). 



Fig. 157. — To illusti-ate the shape of the hill. 



This genus is easily distinguished by the bright red colour on tlie 

 under surface. Tbe bill is somewhat arched, the width at the base 

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

 rounded, the third, fourth, and fifth primaries longest, the second 

 about equal to the sixth and the first about equal to the eighth. 

 The tail is rounded at the tip and about one-sixth longer than the 

 wing. The tarsus is nearly twice the length of the exposed 

 ciilnien. Coloration : male and female similar. 



607. Granatellus pelzelni. 



Pelzeln's Warbler. 



Granatellus pelzelni Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 607, pi. xxxvii. fig. 1 

 (Destaramento do Kibeirao, Rio Madeira); Salvin, Ibis, ISSo, 

 p. 204 (Camaeusa) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mvis. x. p. 370, 1S85 

 (Caniacusa, March and Mav) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. 

 p. 356, no. 3645, 1912. 



Adult male. Back, upper wing-coverts, outer aspect of flight- 

 quills, and upper tail-coverts slate-blue ; crown of head, sides of 



