488 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



I^rocnins fersa b. Subsp. occidentalis Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. 

 pp. 50, 52, 1886 (Roraima). 



Adult male. General colour above and below turquoise-blue ; 

 inner webs of the bastard-wing, greater upper wing-coverts, 

 primary-coverts, and fliglit-quills black ; inner webs of tail-feathers 

 also black ; base of forehead, fore part of face, and throat uniform 

 velvety black ; middle of breast, middle of abdomen, and under 

 tail-coverts white, the last tinged with blue ; sides of body and 

 thigh§ narrowly barred with black ; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts blue, darker than the breast ; under surface of flight-quills 

 and lower aspect of tail dark brown. 



Total length 140 mm., exposed culmen 8, wing 81, tail 51, 

 tarsus 16. 



Adult female. General colour of both the upper and under 

 surface green ; inner webs of the bastard-wing, median and 

 greater upper wing-coverts, primary-coverts, flight-quills, and 

 tail-feathers black ; throat and fore part of cheeks dark brown, 

 with dull whitish tips to the feathers ; middle of breast, middle of 

 abdomen, and under tail-coverts pale yellow with dark spear-head 

 markings to the feathers ; sides of body and thighs barred with 

 pale yellow ; under wing-coverts dusky-brown with whitish 

 edgings to the feathers; quill-lining and lower aspect of tail dark 

 brown. Wing 79 mm. 



Immature male. Similar to the adult female, but differs in 

 having a tinge of blue on the top of the head, sides of neck and 

 hinder face, wings, long upper tail-coverts and tail, lower throat, 

 and sides of the body. Mount Roraima, January 1882. 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collection, and 

 the specimens described were collected by the late Henry Whitely 

 at Mount Roraima during the month of January 1882, and are 

 DOW in the British Museum, Salvin-Godman collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Canuku Mountains [Scliomhurgk) ; 

 Mount Roraima ( Whitely). 



E.xtralimital Range. Surinam (Penard), Cayenne {Brit. Mus.), 

 Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, West Brazil. 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian, iii. p. 671) that ho 

 obtained a specimen of this species in the Canuku Mountains. 



