TANAGRELLA. TAXGARA. 



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series of under wino-covorts blackisli brown like the lower aspect 

 of the tail. •' Bill black ; feet dark brown " (Cat. Brit. Mus.). 



Total length 130 mm., exposed culnien 10, wing 69, tail -49, 

 tarsus IG. 



The description of the male is based on a specimen collected on 

 the Bonasika Biver in 1012. 



Adult female. Siuiilar to the adult male but not quite so bright. 

 Wing (i8 mm. 



The female described was collected at Bartica in 1912. 



Breediiifi-seasoii. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Xest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Biuuje in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam Rivor, 

 Bartica, Kamakabra River, Bonasika River, Arawai River, Great 

 Falls Demerara River (McConnell collection) ; Mount Roraima, 

 Merume Mountains, Kamarang River, Bartica {WJtiteli/). 



Extralimital Range. Surinam (Lin)ie). 



JIahits. Schoml)urgk writes of this species (Reis. Guian. iii. 

 p. no 7) : — Tliere is one specimen that still remains unique in my 

 collection which was also shot in the vicinity of the Roraima 

 Mountains. The " Aravvaaks '' call it Kobaiku. 



Genus TANGARA Briss. 



Tangara Brisson. Ornithologia, iii. p. 3, 1 7G0. Typo, by tautonymy 

 T. talao (Linn.). 



Fig. 18S. — Tangava paradisda. 



The species included in this genus have a great variety of colour 

 but are almost unifortn in moasuremenfs. The bill is compara- 

 tively small and pointed ; its width and depth at the Ijaseare about 

 two-thirds the hMigth of the exj»osed culmen. The wing is rounded, 

 the three outer primaries longest and equal. The tail is S(|uare :if 

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



