472 



BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Total length 171 mm., exposed ciilmcn 13, wing 77, tail 78, 

 tarsus 27. 



The .specimen described was collected at Mount Roraima by 

 Mr. ]\Ic(.'onnell in October 1898. 



AdnU feinale. Similar to the adult male. Wing 75 mm. 



Breeding-season . Unknown. 



Stst. Unrecorded. 



Kugs. Undoscribed. 



Bamje confined fo British Gniana. Mount lloraima [McConnell 

 col /eel ion) ; Mount Horaima ( WJiiteli/). 



llahits. Schomburgk states (lieis. Guian. iii. p. 0)78) that he 

 only obtained one exanijile of this beautiful bii-d, whic-h was on the 

 Jioraima Mountains, in dense woods, at an altitude ot G.")00 feet. 

 Schomburuk could not pIa'C any details of its mode of life. The 

 "Arekuiuis'' called it Wervy. 



Family CCEREBID.E. 



When BrabouiiiH and Chubb ]>ublishod ilieir 'List 

 Birds of South America' in 1912, this family was repr 

 })y ten genera aud seyenty-fiye species. I'iye of the gcii 

 eight of the species are represented in British Guiana. 



of ihe 

 esented 

 era ami 



Genus CffiREBA Yieill. 



Coareha Vieillot, Ois. d'Amer. Sept. i. p. 70, 1S07. Type C. faveola 

 (Liun.). 



Fia;. ISO. — Ca'vehd (/lu't/jiois/s. 



The members of this genus are somewhat small liirds, which are 

 blackish for th(^ mo.st part on *^he upper surface and yellow for 

 the greater part on the under parts. The bill is slender, sharply 

 pointed, and slightly curyed. The wing is rounded, the second, 

 third, fourth, and fifth primaries longest aud c(pial, the first much 

 longer than ihe sixth but shorter than the tiftli. The tail is 

 square at the tip and al)out two-thirds the length of the wing. 

 The tarsus is about one-fourth longer than the exposed culmen. 

 Coloration: male and female similar. 



