500 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



I have compared a Sf^ries of tAventy examples of this species 

 from Roraima, Bartica, Trinidad, and Venezuehi, but failed to see 

 tlie difference that 3Ir. Penard has pointed out. 



Breedlncf-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Kest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescrihed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ireng River, Ituribisi River, Supe- 

 raam River, Mazaruni River, Bonasika River, jMakauria liiver, 

 Abary River, Anarica River, Arawai River, Arw^-e Creek (McCon- 

 nell collectio)i) ; Bartica, Mount Roraima [Whitehj)', Pomeroon 

 River, Bartica (^Beehe). 



Extralimital Range. Surinam {Linnf), Cayenne (British 

 Museum), North Brazil, Venezuela, Trinidad. 



IJahits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian, iii. p. ()70) that tliis 

 species is more common near the coast than inland. Its favourite 

 haunts are the fruit-trees in the gardens and in the fields culti- 

 vated by the Indians. It is one of the best songsters in the colony, 

 and it is often kept in cages. It is met Avith both solitary and in 

 small flocks. 



Mr. J» J. Quelcli (Timehri (2) v. pp. 81, 82), when writing on 

 the Native Birds of Georgetown, remarks : — " In the plantations 

 on the outskirts of the town, s})ecies of the beautiful tiny Louis- 

 d'ors (Euphonia) are obtainable ; but as their occurrence in town 

 is not based on submitted skins, nor on my own observation, there 

 can be no ouarantee oiven of the fact. These birds are known 

 bv the name Canary and Bastard Canary, and the commonest are 

 referable to the two species of Euplionia violacea and E. phinibea." 



GC>4:. Tanagra plumbea. 

 Plumbeous Eufiionia. 



Eiqilionift 2)]uv>})('a Du Bus, Bull. Acad. Brux. xsii. pt. 1, p. lo(!, ]85.5 

 (" Nouvelle (Jrenade "; ; Salvin, Ibis, 1885, ]). 208 (Bartica Grove, 

 Merume Mts., Roraima, 9500 It.) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. 

 p. 88, 1886 (RoTaiuia, ^lei-ume Mts., Bartica Grove) ; Quelch, 

 Timehri (2) v. pp. 81, 82, 1891 (Georgetown). 



Tunagra plumbea Brabounic &. Cluibb, B. S. Anier. i. p. 402, no. 4180, 

 1912; Betbe, Tropical AVild Life in British Guiana, p. 137, 1917 

 ( Bartica j. 



Adult male. General colour of the upper surface glossy greyish 

 blue, including the head, back, Avings, and tail ; bastard-wing, 



