2 B1BT)S OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



wide and depressed, or flattened bills and short tails, which are 

 only a little longer than the tarsus. 



350. Conopophag'a aurita aurita. 



Chestnut-bellied G-nat-eatee. 



Turdus auritus Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 827, 1789 (Cayenne). 

 Conopophaga aurita Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xv. p. 330 (part), 1890 



(Cayenne) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 184, no. 1839 



(part), 1912 (Guiana). 



Adult male. General colour above golden brown with dark 

 edges to the feathers of the back ; upper wiug-coverts more 

 rufous-brown than the back, with pale edges to the feathers like 

 the innermost secondaries ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts 

 dark brown; quills brown, rufous-brown on the outer edges and 

 pale margins to the inner webs ; tail-feathers brown ; crown of 

 ' head and nape deep chestnut-brown ; a broad patch of silky- 

 white feathers on the sides of the hinder crown and nape ; base of 

 forehead, lores, a line above the eye, entire sides of face, and 

 throat deep black ; breast bright chestniit ; middle of abdomen, 

 under wiug-coverts, and under tail-coverts white; sides of the 

 body and flanks greyish brown. 



Total length 109 mm., culmen 17, wing 72, tail 29, tarsus 27. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male chiefly in the absence 

 of the black on the throat, sides of face, base of forehead, and a 

 line above the eye, which is replaced by grey at the base of the 

 forehead, rufous on the sides of the face, and white on the thioat 

 tinged with rnfous. Wing 68 mm. 



The male and female described were collected on the Ituribisi 

 River. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Gruiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British (xuiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, 

 Bartica, Kamakabra River, Abary River, Great Falls Demerara 

 River {^McConnell collection) . 



Extralimital Range. Cayenne {Gmelin) ; Surinsun (Penard). 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Although this species was originally described from Cayenne it 

 has not been previously recorded in the Colony of British 

 Guiana. 



