582 BIRDS OF RlilTISn GUIANA. 



oqnal ill longtli to the oip;lit.h. The tail is rounded at iho tip, <lio 

 outer feather on each side is aloout one-fifth shorter tlian the 

 middle ones, and the tarsus is about equal in length to the exposed 

 culincn. Coloration : male and female similar. 



712. Euopsar croconotus. 

 Orange-backed Oriole. 



Paarocolimt crncnnotus Wajjl. Isis, 1829, p. 757 COniana). 



Tcfmin jnmacaii (nee Gmel.) Cab. in Scbomb. lieis. (luian. iii. p. 070, 



18-l-S. 

 Icterus eroconohts Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 883, 1880 (British 



Guiana); Qnolch, Timehri (2) v. p. 80, isf)l (Georgetown); 



Bnibourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 439, no. 1522, 1912. 



"TroupiaP' {Quehlt). 



Adult. Crown of head, entire back, upper tail-coverts, lesser 

 upper winoj-coverts, sides of neck, breast, abdomen, sides of body, 

 and under tail-coverts brijrht orannje ; axillaries and under wino;- 

 coverts yellow; some of tlie o^reater upper wino-covcrts white 

 at the base, as are also some of the primary ami secondary 

 quills ; forehead, sides of face, throat, and fore-nock, scapulars, 

 wings, and tail black; under surface of flight-quills blackish 

 brown ; lower aspect of tail black. 



Total length 22G mm., exposed culmon 25, wing 102, tail 89, 

 tarsus 27. 



The specimen described was collected in the Upper Takutu 

 Mountains in 1900. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Egqs. Undescribed from Britsh Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Takutu Mountains (^McConnell col- 

 lection)', Georgetown {Q7ielch.). 



E.vtraJimital Range. Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivta. 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. r)79) that he 

 only met with this species in the woods bordering the Savanna 

 rivers, being especially common on the Takutu, Mahn, and Piara. 

 Though very common, it always kept in pairs, hunting the trees 

 and bushes in search for insects and fruits. It has a very pleasing 

 song. The settlers were, therefore, very fond of the bird, but they 

 never succeeded in keeping it in captivity. The "Macusis" call 

 it Muruniuruta. 



