DENDROOOLAPTKS. 133 



inner portion o£ the inner webs of the secondary quills inclining 

 to cinniimon ; head slightly darker than the back, with pale narrow 

 shaft-streaks and narrow dark broAvn edges to the feathers ; ear- 

 coverts similar with whitish shaft-lines ; throat and hinder cheeks 

 dull white with brown margins to the feathers ; remainder of 

 under surface fulvous barred, with dark brown j under wing- 

 coverts and quill-lining cinnamon-rufous, the quills somewhat 

 darker at the tips ; lower aspect of tail dull rufous. 



Total length 285 mm., exposed culmen 35, wing 132, tail 125, 

 tarsus 28, middle toe and claw 28. 



The bird described was collected on the Makauria Eiver, 

 August lyio. 



A young bird from the Kamakabra River differs from the 

 adult in being somewhat paler on the upper surface, the feathers 

 of the heiid and nape fulvous with narrow dark edgings, but no 

 conspicuous pale shaft-streaks as in the adult ; under surface 

 also paler; the bill much shorter and for the most part black; 

 tail very short, but the feathers well formed, 



JBi'eedini/season. Unrecorded in3i"itish Gruiana. 



JVest. In holes in trees (iSchomburgJc). 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Gruiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Mount Roraima, Supenaam River, 

 Bonasika River, Bartica, Kamakabra River, Makauria River, 

 Abary River (McConnell collection) ; Mount Roraima, Merume 

 Mountains, Kamakusa, Bartica ( Whitely.) 



Extralimital Range. Surinam (Penard), Venzeuela, Guiana, 

 North and North-east Brazil. 



Habits. Scliomhnrgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 689) that he 

 met with this bird in the Canuku Mountains. Its habit of tree- 

 climbing is similar to our Tree-creeper (Certhia familiaris). It 

 makes its nest in holes in trees. The " Arekunas " and the 

 " Macusis " call it Tarikua. 



Family TYRANNIDiE. 



This family consists of a large number of genera of various 

 forms ; the majority however have flattened, or muscicapine bills, 

 thus representing the Flycatchers of the Old World. The colour 

 of the plumage is also varied, but the more usual one is green 

 accompanied by yellow, olive, or grey. 



