462 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



a spot on each side of the lower tliroat black ; sides of neck rufous 

 which extends across the hind-neck ; back and scapulars black 

 with rust-brown, or grey margins to the feathers ; lesser upper 

 wing-coverts greyish brown, the median and greater series blackish 

 with white, or rusty margins like the bastard- wing ; primary- 

 coverts and flight-quills dark hair-brown with pale edges to the 

 outer and inner webs; tail hair-brown with slightly paler edges to 

 the feathers; lores grey; the feathers on the fore part of the face 

 tipped with grey ; chin and throat white like the middle of the 

 alxlomen, under tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts; breast, sides 

 of body, thighs, axillaries, and marginal under wing-coverts dusky 

 grey ; under surface of flight-quills dark brown; lower aspect of 

 tail similar but paler. 



Total length 137 mm., exposed culinen 11, wing G5, tail 55, 

 tarsus 21. 



The specimen from which the descrijition is taken was collected 

 by Mr. McC'onnell at Mount lloraima during his expedition in 

 October 1898. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male. Wing &2 mm. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



Nest. Unrecorded. 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



Range confined to British Guiana, ilount Roraima (McConnell 

 collection). 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. C79) that he 

 shot this species in the open woods in the vicinity of the Koraima 

 Mountains, where it associates with other allied genera and may 

 often be seen on tall trees, but sometimes solitary individuals 

 may be observed in the low bushes and on the ground. The 

 " Arawaaks " call it Kvtumari. 



