136 BIEDS OF BUiTISH GUIANA. 



437. Oohthornis littoralis. 



Natterer's Water-Tyrant. 



Mainea littoralis Pelzeln, Oni. Bras. pp. 108, 180, 1869 (Borba, Eio 



Madeira). 

 Ochthceca murina Sclater, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 749 ; id. op. cit. 1881, p. 214 



(British Guiana). 

 Ochthornis littoralis Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 31, 1888; 



Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 264, no. 2685, 1912. 



Adult male. Crown of head, back, and scapulars pale earth- 

 brown, somewhat paler on the rump becoming darker brown on 

 the wings and tail but paler on the inner margins of the primary 

 and secondary quills ; lores and feathers above and below the eye 

 white ; a spot in front of the eye dark brown with black bristly 

 tips to the feathers ; chin whitish, remainder of the under surface 

 ochreous-grey including the axillaries and under wing-coverts ; 

 under surface of quills and lower aspect of tail pale brown. 

 " Bill and feet black " (Cat. B. Brit. Mus.). 



Total length 131 mm., exposed culmen 12, wing 71, tail 55, 

 tarsus 18. 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collection, and 

 the male described, which is in the British Museum, was collected 

 by the late Henry Whitely at Ournmee in December 1890 — 

 Salvin-Godman collection. 



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

 Wing 68 mm. 



Young male. Differs from the adult in having a rufous tinge 

 both on the upper and under surface. This individual was 

 collected at the same time and at the same locality as the adult 

 male described above. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Gruiana. 



Eggs.. Undescribed from British G.uiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ourumee (^Whitely). 



Extralimital Range. Surinam (PenarcQ, Central Brazil, Eii<itern 

 Peru, Eastern Ecuador. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



