LEISTES. 569 



to the middle' toe and claw, which exceed the length of the 

 exposed culnien hy about one-third. Coloration: male and female 

 different. 



706. Leistes militaris. 

 Cayenne Red-breasteu Marsh-bird, 



Emherizn miliiaris Linn. Sjst. Nat. i. p. 178, 1758 (Guiana). 



Leistes americamis Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. G81, 1848, 



Leisies guianensis Salvin, Ibis, 1S85, p. 218 (Yaruani River, Roraima, 

 3o60 ft.) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 848, 1886 (Roraima, 

 Georgetown); Llovd. Price, Timehri (2) v. p. 65, 1891 (nesting- 

 habits) ; Qiiek'h. torn. cit. p. 87 (Georgetown).. 



Leistes militaris Beebe, Our Search for a Wilderness, p. 851, 1912 

 (Abarv savannas) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 486, no. 

 4488. 1912 ; Beebe, Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana, p. 187, 

 1917 (Bartica). 



" Colonial Ked-breast " [Lloyd Price): " Red-breasfed Black- 

 bird" (Beehe). 



Adult wale. Crown of head, sides of face, entire back, wings, 

 and tail black, like the sides of the body, lower abdomen, nnder 

 tail-coverts, and nnder wing-coverts ; under surface of flight- 

 quills and lower aspect of tail blackish brown. 



Total length 167 mm., exposed culmen 20, wing 95, tail 59, 

 tarsus 30, middle toe and claw 30. 



The male described was collected on the Abary River in 

 November 1906. 



Adult male (?in non-breeding plumage). Entire upper surface 

 black with grey or smoke-brown margins to the feathers, in- 

 cluding the n)iddle of the crown of the head, back, and wings ; 

 long upper tail-coverts and some of the tail-feathers barred with 

 groy ; sides of body, lower abdomen, and under tail-coverts 

 black with whitish margins to the feathers : throat, breast, and 

 U[)per abdomen i-ed, the feathers fringed with white. 



The specimen described was collected on the Abary River in 



July I'.mm;. 



Adult female. General colour of the upper surface black, with 

 wjiitish-butt" margins and grey cross-bars to the feathers ; middle 

 and sides of the crown broadly lined with pale butf ; outer margins 

 of prinmry-quilh ochreous; lower back, upf)er tail-coverts, and 

 tail barred with grey, more broadly on the last ; chin whitish ; 



