5G8 



BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Adult male. General colour both on the upj)er and under sur- 

 face glossy blue-hlack ; axillaries orange-vellow. 



Total length 25o mm., exposed cuhnen 28, wing 12G, tail 11-"', 

 tarsus SI. 



Adult feiudle. Similar to the adult male but smaller. Wing 

 lis nun. 



The s{)ecimens described wen* collected at Mount Roraima by 

 Mr. McConnell during his expedition in October 1898. 



Breedina-season . Unknown. 



^V^*^ Unrecorded. 



Kags. Undescribed. 



Ranije cnnpntd to British Guiana. Mount Roraima (McConnell 

 collecfioii); Kieteur Falls, Potaro River (Im71iurn); Mount 

 lioraima, Mfrnme Mountains ( W'Jdtehi). 



Ilaliita. Unrecorded. 



Genus LEISTES Swains. 



Leistes Swainson. Znol. .Tourn. ji. p. 191, 1.S26. Type L. milifaris 

 (Linn. j. 



Fig. 206. — Lcistcs miJitaris. 



This genus is readily distinguished by the conspicuous red and 

 black plumage of the male birds and the proportionately long 

 tarsi and toes. The bill is compressed and sharply pointed ; its 

 Avidth and depth at the base are about equal, being about two- 

 thirds the length of the exposed cuhnen. The wing is emar- 

 ginate, the innermost secondaries being elongated and nearly 

 equal in length to the primaries, while the tour outer primaries lire 

 longest and equal : the tail is square at the tip and ifearly two- 

 thirds the length of the wijig. The tarsus is about equal in length 



