DACNIS. 477 



the eye, upper back, and tail black ; lesser upper wing-coverts 

 black broadly tipped with bhie, the median and greater series 

 black edged with blue ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts black ; 

 tlight-quills also black fringed with blue on the outer webs ; under 

 wing-coverts grey tinged with blue; under surface of flight-quills 

 and lower aspect of tail dark hair-brown. 



Total length 112 mm., exposed culmen 11, wing 65, tail 45, 

 tarsus 16. 



The male described was collected on the Kamakabra Kiver, 

 1011. 



Ad hU female. General colour for the most part green both on 

 the up])er and under surface ; hind-neck and upper back green, 

 becoming much brighter green on the lower back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts ; upper wing-coverts blackisli fringed with 

 green ; bastard-wing and ])rimary-coverts black ; flight-nuills 

 black, fringed with green on the outer webs and inclining to 

 whitish on the margins on the inner webs ; tail blackish v.ith 

 green margins to the feathers on the outer webs and obsolete 

 cross-bars on the middle feathers ; crown of head and sides of 

 face [)ale blue ; throat ash-grey. Wing 61 mm. 



The female described was collected at Bartica in 1011. 



The young male in its fifst plumage is similar to the adult 

 female. 



JSreeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



J(^est. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



J'^<j'js. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Mount Horaima, Ituriblsi River, Supe- 

 naain Kiver, Bai'tica, Kanuikabra Kiver, Bonasika River, jMakauria 

 River, Arawai River, Great Falls Demerara liiver, Arwye Creek 

 {}[<-Connell collection) ; Mount Roraima, Kamakusa, Bartica, 

 Merume Mountains ( Wldtcly) ; Georgetown (Qi(elch). 



Extralunilal I'anye. Surinam (Penard), Venezuela, Trinidad, 

 Eastern Biazil. 



Ilahits. According to Sciiomburgk (Reis. Guiun. iii. p. 675) 

 this species is found in large flocks throughout British Guiana. 

 It is especially fond of light copses as well as isolateil young 

 trees — ))articularlv tlie ("ecrojiia speci(^s in cultivateil lields, on 

 the e<lg<'s of the Gacis aixl near the river banks. 



Mr. J. J. Quelcli (Tiiiicliri (2) v. p. 7<*^), u lio ubservcd (liis 

 Sjiccics ill ( ieorgrtowM. remarks :-=—'* Anc^tber of this same group 



