47G BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA, 



the slopes, ami searching almost every leaf for insects. Its 

 nidification was unknown to him. The " Arekunas " called it 

 Kawaikui. 



Genus DACNIS Ouv. 



Dacnis Cuvier, l\egn. Anim. 2nd ed. i. p. 395, 181G. Type B. cay ana 

 ( Li nn. j. 



Fig. 181. — Dacnis caijana. 



The species included in this genus are birds of small size with 

 slender and sharply-pointed bills. The wing is rounded, the four 

 outer primaries longest and subequal. The tail is sqnare at the 

 tip and about two-thirds the length of the wing. The tarsus 

 exceeds the length of the exposed culmen by about one-fourth. 

 (Coloration : nude and female different. 



Keij to the Species. 



A. Throat black in contrast to the breast, 



which is blue D. ca;/ana, c? > P- 47G. 



B. Throat grey in contrast to the green breast D. cay an a, 5 , p. 477. 



C. Tlu'oat and breast uniform blue D. ancjchca, cJ' , p. 478. 



D. Throat ochreous like the breast D. angelica, 5 , p. 478, 



E. Throat and breast uniform grey D. hicolor, <S , p, 479, 



F. Throat yellow like the breast D. hlcolor, $, p. 479, 



649. Dacnis cayana. 



Turquoise Honey-eatp:r. 



Motacilla cat/ana Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p, 23G, 176G (Cayenne), 

 Dacnis cayana Cab. in Schomb. Keis, Guian, iii. p. G75, 184S ; Salvin, 

 Ibis, lS8o, p. 207 (Koraima, 3500 ft.. Camacusa, Merume 

 Mts., Bartica Grove) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 19, 18SG 

 (Koraima, Camacusa, Bartica Grove) ; Quelch. Timebri (2) v, 

 p. 78, 1S91 (Georgetown) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B, S. Amer. i. 

 p. 395, no. 4061, 1912, 

 Dacnis cyanocepliaJa Cab. in Schomb, Reis. Guian. iii. p. G75, 1848. 



Adult male. Crown of head, nape, lower back, rump, and up])er 

 tail-coverts, sides of face, breast, and remainder of the under 

 surface dark turquoise-blue ; throat, lores, feathers surrounding 



