4 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



with an irregular band o£ black across the fore-neck and breast, 

 the black extending more or less on to the feathers on the sides of 

 the body ; sides of body brown ; remainder of the under surface 

 white tinged.with buff; under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts 

 dark brown. 



Total length 123 mm., culmen 36, wing 65, tail 51, tarsus 25. 



The bird from which the description is taken was collected on 

 the Ituribisi River. 



Breeding- season. Unknown in British Guiana, 



Note. 



Genus Pseudoconopophaga Chubb. 



PsetidoconopopTiaga Chubb, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) ii. 1918, July 1, 

 p. 122. 



Fig. 3. — Pseudoconopophaga melanogaster. 



This genus, which is founded on P. melanogaster (Menetr.), is 

 distinguished from Conopophaga, based on C. aurita (Gmel.), by 

 its long and narrow bill, the long tarsi and toes, the larger size, 

 and different coloration. 



