156 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIAJJA. 



be often seen the little Broa^-billed Tyrant-bird, known also as 

 Pipitoorie ( Todirostrum cinereum) " 



The following note is copied from C. A. Lloyd (Timehri (2) xi. 

 p. 4) : — "The Pipiturie (Todirostrum cinereum) is remarkable for 

 the manner in which it departs from the generality in the con- 

 struction of their nests. The Pipiturie builds a long purse-like 

 nest in which to lay its two small white eggs." 



451. Todirostrum piotum. 



Painted Tody-Tyrant. 



Todirostrum ^5?'c!!M?re Salvin, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vii. p. xv, 1897 

 (Annai)'; Brabom-ne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 273, no. 2783, 1912. 



Adult {^ male). Crown of head, sides of face, and nape black ; 

 back dark slate-grey ; wings black with yellow margins to the 

 median and greater upper wing-coverts and inner secondary- 

 quills, primary-quills somewhat paler with^ olive-green edges to 

 the outer webs and whitish margins to the inner webs ; tail dark 

 brown with olive-green edges to the outer webs ; loral streak and 

 ear-coverts white ; throat white with black longitudinal shaft- 

 streaks to the feathers; remainder of the under surface yellow 

 with black shaft-lines to the feathers on the breast arid sides of 

 the body, a slight ochreous tinge on the middle of the breast ; 

 under wing-coverts white tinged with yellow ; under surface of 

 quills brown with pale inner margins ; lower aspect of tail brown. 



Total length 86 mm., exposed culmen 14, wing 44, tail 29, 

 tarsus 18. 



The bird described was collected on the Makauria River in 

 August 1910. 



I have measured the type in the British Museum, which is 

 sexed as female, and from its smaller size (wing 38 mm.) I am 

 inclined to think that the bird described above must be a male. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Gruiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Makauria River (McConnell col- 

 lection) ; Annai (Whitely). 



Extralimital Range. Surinam- (Penard). 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



