446 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Mazaruni River, Arawai River, Great Falls Demerara River 

 (McConnell collection) j Merume Mountains, Kamakusa, Bartica 

 (Whiteli/). 



Extralimital Range. Surinam (Penard), Caj'enne {Linne), 

 Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia. 



Habits. Schombui-gk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. G77) that he 

 found this bird fairly common — though always single — on Aruku 

 and near the coast. 



Genus PEEIPORPHYRUS Bonap. 



FeripooyJiyrus Bonaparte, Consp. Av. i. p. 503, 1851. Type P. evytlivo- 

 inelas (Gmel.). 



Fig. 168. — Periporphyuis erytliromelas. 



This genus differs chiefly in having the nostrils more exposed, 

 the third and fourth primaries longest, the second equal to the 

 fifth, and the first only slightly shorter than the sixth. The tail 

 is about nine-tenths the length of the wing, and the male is dis- 

 tinguished by its bright red coloration, while the female is chiefly 

 yellow. 



632. Periporphyrns erytliromelas. 



Scarlet Kernel-eater. 



Loxia erytliromelas Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 859, 1789 (Cayenne). 

 Jt^ityhis erytliromelas Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 213 (Camacusa) ; Sclater, 



Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 305, 1886 (Demerara, Camacusa, lloi-aima) ; 



Beebe, Our Search for a Wilderness, p. 315, 1910 (Aremu Kiver) ; 



Brabourne & Chubb, II. S. Amer. i. p. 370, no. 3798, 1912 ; Beebe, 



Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana, p. 130, 1917 (Bartica). 



" Black-headed Scarlet Grosbeak" {Beebe). 



Adult male. Entire head, sides of face, and throat deep black; 

 back, wings, and tail deep red ; primary-coverts bronze-brown, 



