474 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Ranrie in British Guiana. Mount Rorainia, Upper Takufn 

 Mountains, Bartica, Mazaruni Kivei-, P'Oiia.sika liiver, Al)ary 

 Itiver, Great Falls Denierara River (^McConnell collection) ; 

 Mount Rorainia, Kaniarang River, Kaniakusa, Bartica ( Widtelij); 

 Georgetown (Quelch). 



E.vtraUmital Hanr/c. Surinam {Penard), East Venezuela. 



Habits. According to Schoniburok (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 676) 

 this species is found throughout the colony, often associating 

 with iJacnis cayana in search of insects and juicy fruits in' the 

 tops of the trees. Schoniburgk did not, however, find its nest. 



Mr. J. J. Quelch (Timehri (2) v. pp. 77, 78), who observed 

 this species in Georgetown, remarks: — "Among the trees with 

 dense foliage, and especially fruit-trees such as the mango, the 

 sapodilla, and star-apple, the little Flower-peckers {Certhiola 

 cliloropyrjd) are always to be found. 



" These little l)irds are often to be seen hunting for insects 

 among the flowers, and jumping about among the branches of 

 the trees, or feeding on the ripe fruits. Their note is a sharp 

 tweet, pi-pit-tweet, pi-pit-tweet, and on this account they are 

 commonly known as * pipi-tooree,' though the same name is also 

 applied to a totally distinct bird, a diminutive Tyrant-Shrike 

 ( Todirostrinn cinereum) ." 



Genus DIGLOSSA Wagl. 

 Biglossa Wagler, Isis, 1S32, p. 2S0. Type B. haritula Wagl. 



The chief character by which this genus is easily distinguished 

 is the com])ressed bill and the sharply-hooked upper mandible. 

 The rictal bristles are somewhat numerous and fairly well de- 

 velo{)ed. The wing is rounded, the second, third, and foui'th 

 prinuiries are longest and equal, the first about equal in len^^tli 

 to the sixth. The tail is rounded at the tip and nearly as long as 

 the wing. The tarsus exceeds the length of the exposed culmen 

 by about one-third. Coloration : male and female similar. 



