530 BIRDS OF BKITISII GUIANA. 



of the inner webs ; tail black, darker than the fli<;ht-qnills but 

 not so deej) black as the head ; sides of neck, mantle, ;ind u})per 

 back orange-} ellow, becoming dai'ker on the lower back and 

 inclining to chestnut on the upper tail-coverts ; fore-neck, ujiper 

 breast, lower tianks, and under tail-coverts chestnut ; lower 

 breast, abdomen, and sides of body dark ohl-gold yellow ; axil- 

 laries and inner under wing-coverts buffy-wliite, ihe marginal 

 coverts black ; under surface of quills dark brown rather paler 

 on the inner edges ; lower asfiect of tail blackish. " Bill black ; 

 feet brown" (Cat. B. Brit. Mus.). 



Total length 172 mm., exposed culmcn IG, wing 98, tail 84, 

 tarsus IG. 



The male described was collected by Mr. McGonnell on the 

 Bonasika River during his return journey from Mount Roraima in 

 December 1898. 



Adult female. Differs entirely from the adult male. Crown of 

 head greyish brown ; mantle, back, and outer aspect of wings 

 rufous-brown ; inner webs of flight-quills blackish brown with 

 buffy-white margins ; upper tail-coverts rufous-chestnut ; tail, 

 above and below, ochreous-brown ; sides of face and throat pale 

 rufous-brown; breast, abdomen, and sides of body dark old-gold 

 yellow with a greenish tinge ; lower flanks and under tail-coverts 

 pale chestnut ; axillaries and under wing-coverts cinnamon- 

 rufous ; quills below dark brown with paler edges. Wing 82 mm. 

 The female from which the description is taken was collected 

 on the Ituribisi River in February 1907. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 

 Nest. It is said to nest in the Coal and Coco Palms 

 (^Schonilmrglc). 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana, 



Mange in British Guiana. Mazaruni River, Ituribisi River, 

 Supenaam River, Bartica, Bonasika River (McConnell collection) ; 

 Merume Mountains, Kamarang River, Bartica (^Whiteh/). 

 Bxtralimital Tiange. Colombia, Ecuador. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 6G9) 

 this species is one of the commonest birds near the coast and in 

 the plantations, where it is usually seen in pairs j)erching on the 

 Coal and Coco Palms and where it also is said to nest. 



