HEMITHRAUPIS. LAJIPROSPIZA. 54?» 



wino-s, and tail yellowish green ; inner webs of fliglit-quills dark 

 brown with pale margins; lower back and rump bright fawn- 

 colour like the fore-neck ; upper and under tail-coverts, sides of 

 n^ck, lores, and a line over the eye yellow ; throat and sides 

 of face black; sides of body and thighs ash-grey; middle 

 of abdomen pale yellow ; under wing-coverts and inner margins 

 of quills below white; remainder of quill-lining dark brown ; 

 lower aspect of tail similar to its upper surface. 



Total length 124 mm., exposed culmen 11, wing G7, tail 49, 

 tarsus 16. 



The male described was collected on the Abary River in July 

 1906. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the upper 

 surface yellowish olive-green, including the top of the head, sides 

 of face, sides of neck, nape, entire back, upper tail-coverts^ wings, 

 and tail; inner webs of flight-quills dark with whitish margins; 

 throat and remainder of under surface pale yellow; sides of body 

 grey; axillaries, under wing-coverts, and base of quills below 

 white, remainder of quill-lining hair-brown. Wing Go mm. 



The female described was collected at Mount lloraima by 

 Mr. McConnell during his expedition in October 1898. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



Is'est. Unrecorded. 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



Range confined to British Guiana. Mount Roraiuia, Abary 

 River {McConnell collection) ; Mount. Roraima ( Whitelg). 



Habits. Unrecorded. 



Genus LAMPROSPIZA Cab. 



Lamprospiza Cabanis, Arch, fiir Nuturg. pt. i. p. 24G, 1S17. 'iVpe 

 L. mclunoleuca (Vieill.). 



Fig. 1U7. — Lamprospiza charmcsi. 

 In this genus the bill is pointdl and somewhat large in 



