526 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



sitles of the body, abdomen, and under tail-coverts, darker on the 

 top o£ the hea 1 and the middle of the upper back, tlie hitter beinw 

 more or less intermixed with black ; scapulars, winors, and tail 

 black ; the tips of the median and greater upper Aving-coverts 

 broadly edged with white, which forms a double wing-bar ; inner 

 edges of flight-quills white ; lores and chin black ; axillaries 

 white tinged with red ; under wing-coverts wdiite ; under surface 

 of tlight-quills and lower aspect of tail black. 



Total length 148 nmi., exposed culmen 15, wing 78, tail Gl, 

 tarsus 18. 



The male described was collected at Mount Eoraima by 

 Mr. McConnell during his expedition in October 1898. 



Adult female. Crov.n of head, entire back, and upper tail- 

 coverts dull yellow, strongly tinged with green on the middle of 

 the back; wings dark brown, the median and greater coverts 

 broadly tipped with white, which forms a double wing-bar; outer 

 weljs of flight-qiiills narrowly edged with green ; tail also dark 

 brown, the feathers fringed with green on the outer webs; sides 

 of face similar to the top of the head ; lores dusky ; throat and 

 breast orange-yellow^ ; sides of body greenish yellow ; thighs 

 du-ky ; middle of abdomen and under tail-coverts yellow ; 

 axillaries and inner under wing-coverts white, the outer coverts 

 dusky-brown, similar to the (juill-lining ; lower aspect of tail 

 pale ilusky-brown. A\ ing 71 mm. 



The female from which the description is taken was collected 

 by the late Henry Whitely on 3Iouut IJoraima, at an altituile of 

 5000 ft., August 23, lb6',^, and is now in the British Museum, 

 Salvin-Godman collection. 



Immature male. Differs from the adult male in having the 

 head, back, sides of face, and entire under surface orange-red, 

 and the long under tail-coverts lemon-yellow; the under parts 

 paler and brighter than the orange-red portion of the upper 

 surface. 



The immature male was collected at Mount Tvoraima. 



JJreeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



J'-^(jgs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Mount lioraima [McConnell col- 

 lection); Mount Roraima {Whiteli/). 



