4GG BIKDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



coverts and iuuer edges of quills below white ; remainder of the 

 flight-quills below dark hair-brown like the lower aspect of the 

 tail, the latter showing obsolete cross-bars. 



Total length 132 mm., exposed culmen 12, wing 65, tail 55, 

 tarsus 19. 



The male described was collected by Mr. McConnell at Takutu, 

 on the Mazaruni River, during his expedition to Mount Roraima 

 in November 1898. 



Adult female. Crown of head, sides of face, hind-neck, sides of 

 neck, back, and outer aspect of wings chocolate-brown inclining 

 to rufous on the rump and upper tail-coverts; inner webs of 

 flight-quills hair-brown with whitish margins ; tail dark brown ; 

 under surface pale brick-red, paler and inclining to whitish on the 

 chin ; axillaries, under wing-coverts, and inner margins of quills 

 below whitish, remainder of the under surface of flight-quills and 

 lower aspect of tail dark brown. Wing G5 mm. 



The female described is in the British Museum, and was col- 

 lected at Bartica by the late Henry Whitely, Salvin-Godnuin 

 collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, 

 Bonasika River, Takutu, Mazaruni River (McConnell collection) ; 

 Bartica ( Wliitely). 



Extralimital Range. Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Genus COCCOPSIS Reichenb. 



Coccopsis Reicheiibach, Syst. N;it. pi. Ixxvii. fig. 8, 1850. T3'pe C.gularis 

 (Linu,). 



Fig. 177. — Coccopsis gularis. 

 The species on which this genus was founded is distinguished 



