536 BIRDS OF P.TUTTSn OriANA. 



Jianfie in Brifhh Gu'iann. Itiiribisi River, Siipenaam TJivor, 

 ]\Iiikanria Ivivor, Al)ary River, Tiger Creek, Arwve River 

 {McConyieJl collection) ; Merumc Mountains, Kaniarang River, 

 Bartica (^]yiiite.ly). 



Exf.ralrmital Range. Surinam (Linne), Venezuela, North Brazil 

 {Mandos). 



Hahits. Schombnrgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. fiG8) tliat lie 

 met with this species in the thinly wooded districts near the 

 coast and in the plantations. 



688. Tacliyphonus intercedens. 

 Allied Crested Taxager. 



T(ichy2')honns cristatus (nee Grael.) Cab. in Scbonib. I^cis. Guian. iii. 



p. G6S, 18-l.S; Salvin, Ibis, 18S;j, p. 212 (Bartica Grove, Atapaniu 



River) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 210, 1886 (Bartica 



Gnjve, Merume Mts., River Ata]mrow). 

 Tacln/phoHiis intercedens Berloj^cli. Ibis, 18S0, p. 113 (Bartica Grove) ; 



Brabourno & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 421, no. 4342, 1912. 

 Tacliyphonus cristatus intercedens Beebe, Tropical Wild Life in British 



Guiana, p. 137, 1917 (Bartica). 



Adult male. General colour, both above and below, black ; fore 

 part of head and crest bright orange : back dark straw-colour ; 

 inner lesser upper wing-coverts white ; inner webs of flight-quills 

 blackish, margined with white, which increases in extent towards 

 the innermost secondaries, where it occupies the entire basal 

 portion of the feathers ; middle of throat orange-buff ; axillaries, 

 under wing-coverts, and inner inargins of quills below white. 



Total length 1.58 mm., exi)Osed culmen 11, wing 77, tail 09, 

 tarsus 19, middle toe and claw 15. 



Adult female. General colour of the upper surface ochreous- 

 In'own, including the top of the head, sides of face, back, wings, 

 and tail ; inner webs of flight-quills blackish brown with buffy- 

 white margins; upper tail-coverts rust-colour ; tail rather darker 

 than the back ; under surface ochreous-ycllovv ; under wing- 

 coverts buff. Wing 75 mm. 



The immature male in its first plumage is similar to the adult 

 female, and one of the first a})proaehes of the male attire are the 

 orange-coloured feathers on the crown of the bead. 



Bvet'diny-season. Unknown. 



