stluni:lla. 573 



Total length 223 mm., exposed culmen 31, wing 10(>, tail G6, 

 tarsus 38, middle toe and claw 33. 



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

 92 mm. 



The type and female described are also in the McConnell col- 

 lection and were both collected on the Abary River in September 

 190G. 



Breeding-season. Unrecorded. 



Nest. " Built on the ground in the grass" {Schomhurgk). 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



Range confined to British Guiana. Abary River, U|iper Takntu 

 i\[ountains (McConnell collection); Savannas {ir/io)t,hurgk) ; 

 Quango {W/iifeli/) ; Curawashinang [Broicn). 



Hal'its. In reference to this bird Schoinbui-gk writes (Reis. 

 Guian. iii. ]>. G>f2 : — " Its favourite haunts are the grassy spots on 

 the savannas where it runs about in search of food. It is some- 

 times seen, but very rarely, on the topmost twig of a solitary bush 

 growing on the savannas.'^ Schomhurgk did not oltserve its 

 nesting habits^ but the natives told him that the nest was placed 

 in the grass. The " ^lacusis " call it Siiruh and the " Arekunas " 

 Turnrihei. 



The following note is copied from Barrington Brown (( 'anoe 

 and (Jamp Life in British Guiana, p. 168): — '"A birge species of 

 Starling, with a yellow breast, black throat, and snipe-like feathers 

 on the back. Jt is provided with a long hind toe on each foot, 

 terminating in a long spur-like claw, and its beak is sharp and 

 curved."' 



708. Sturnella magna monticola. 



Mountain MEADo\y Starling. 



Sturnflla huJoviciana Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 121U ( Koraima, 3500 ft.). 

 Hturnella magna Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. tJoN, 188G (Korainia"). 

 Hturnella m&ridionaUs (nee SclaterJ Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. 



i. p. 437, no. 4498 part, 1912. 

 Sturnella magna munlicola Cliubb, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 

 p. 444, Oct. 1921. 



Adult male. Differs from Sturnella magna meridionalis Sclater 

 and S. ni. paralio.$ in being cht'stnut-brown on the upper surface 

 instead of blackish and the general measurements smaller. 



