478 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



of Sufjar-Iiinis i.s soint'times to he seen amoiiii the trees on the 

 outskirts of the town. This is the Blue Creeper (Darnis caijawi)^' 

 Avhose habits closeh' resemble those of Todirostruni clnereum)," 

 supra, )i. 154:. 



G5(). Dacnis ang-elica. 

 Black-backed HoxKY-CREKrER, 



Daciiis atifjeUca Bonap. Atti sesta lliun. Soc. Ital. lS-4.j, p. 404 

 (" Brasile'") ; Salvin, Ibis, iSSo, p. 207 (Bartica Grove); Sclater, 

 Cat. li. Brit. ]Mus. xi. p. 22, IS.SG (Piartica Grovuj ; Brabourne 

 & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 396, no. 4007, 1912. 



Dacnis a rcanr/elica Bonap. Cat. Ois. de Cayenne, p. 7, lSo7 ; Bull. Soc. 

 Linn. Norm. ii. p. 31, 18.37. 



Adult male. Crown of head, lesser upper win^-coverts and 

 scapulars, lower back, rump, and upper tail-^overts, throat, 

 breast, and sides of the body bri<i;ht turquoise-blue ; forehead, sides 

 of face, hind-neck, upper back, wings, and tail black ; outer niar- 

 gin.s of innermost secondary-quills blue ; basal portion of the inner 

 webs of the flight-quills for the greater part white ; middle of 

 lower breast, abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts white, like 

 the axillaries, under wing-coverts, and inner margins of quills 

 below ; remainder of I he under surface of the quills ami lower 

 as[)ect of tail glossy black. 



Total length 108 mm., exposed culmen U, wing 50, tail o3, 

 tarsus 18. 



The specimen described was collected on the Bonasika River by 

 Mr. McConnell in December 1898. 



Adult female. Upper surface including the bead, back, wings, 

 and tail dark earth-brown ; under parts paler than the back and 

 more olive-brown ; middle of abdomen huffy-white ; axillaries 

 and under winfi-coverts cream-white. Wing 59 mm. 



The female described was collected on the Arawai River. 



Ureediny-sea&on. Unknown in British Gui;ina. 



]!^est. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



K(j'js. Unde.scribed from British Guiana. 



Range in BritisU Guiana. Bonasika River, Arawai River, 

 Arvvye Creek (^Mci^onnell collection) ; Bartica (^IVIdteli/). 



Kxtralimital Range. Surinam (Penard), North-east Brazil, 

 Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



