us 



BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Genus CARYOTHEAUSTES Bonap. 



Caryothraustes Bonaparte, Consp. Av. i. p. 503, 1851. Type C. cana- 

 densis (Linn.). 



Fig. 1G9. — Caryothraustes canadensis. 



This genus is easily distinguished by its square tail, which is 

 about two-thirds the length of the wing, the tarsus exceeds the 

 length of the exposed culmen by about one-third, and the male 

 and female plumages are alike. 



633. Caryothraustes canadensis. 

 Olive Kernel-eater. 



Loxia canadensis Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 

 Coccothraustes viridis Vieill. Enc. 



("Guyane "). 

 Pitylus canadensis Cab. in Schomb. 



Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. 

 Pitylus viridis Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 21 



Camacusa) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. 



Grove, Merume Mts.); Beebe, Our 



15)10 (Hoorie Kiver). 

 Fitt/lus canadensis canadensis Beebe, 

 ' Guiana, p. 136, 1917 (Bartica). 



304, 1766 (Cayenne). 

 Meth. iii. "p. 1017, 1823 



Eeis. Guian. iii. p. 677, 1848; 

 p. 370, no. 3799, 1912. 



3 (Bartica Grove, Merume Mts., 



Mus. xi. p. 306, 1885 (Bartica 



Search for a Wilderness, p. 176, 



Tropical Wild Life in British 

 Green Grosbeak,"' " Black-faced Gro.sbeak " 



" Black-faced 



{Beehe). 



Adult male. General colour of the upper parts yellowish green 

 including the head, back, wings, and tail ; inner webs of flight- 

 quills blackish broadly margined with yellow, the black shafts, like 

 those of the tail-feathers, are in strong contrast; fore part of the 

 head paler and inclining to yellow ; lores, a narrow line over and 

 extending behind the eye, fore part of cheeks, and throat deep 

 black ; hinder face, sides of neck, fore-neck, breast, abdomen, and 



