SERPOPHAGA 169 



461. Serpophaga helense. 



Mes. McConnell's Fltcatchbr, 



SerpopJiaga Tielena Chutb, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xl. p. 61, Dec. 31, 

 1919. 



Adult male. Crown of head, sides of face, back, lesser upper 

 wing-coverts, and upper tail-coveits dark smoke-brown ; median 

 and greater upper wing-coverts tipped with smoke-white ; outer 

 edges of flight-quills smoke-white ; bastiird-wing and primary- 

 coverts blackish brown ; flight-quills blackish brown margined 

 with white on the inner webs ; tail blackish with whitish tips to 

 the feathers, the outer web of the outermost feather on each side 

 white ; lores greyish white at the base, tips blackish ; breast dark 

 ochreous-green with a slight tinge of fawn-colour ; abdomen, sides 

 of body, and. under tail-coverts lemon-yellow ; axillaries and 

 under wing-coverts pale sulphur-yellow ; under surface of flight- 

 quills dark brown with yellowish-white margins ; lower aspect of 

 tail hair-brown with pale tips to the feathers and whitish along 

 the outer web of the outermost feather on each side. 



Total length 105 mm., exposed culmen 9, wing 52, tail 50, 

 tarsus 19. 



The male from which the description is taken was collected at 

 Bartica, 1912. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male but differs in being 

 everywhere paler. Wing 52 mm. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



Nest. Unrecorded. 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



Range confined to Briiisli Guiana. Bartica, Abary River 

 (McConnell collection'). 



Habits. Unrecorded. 



This species is named in honour of Mrs. F, V. McConnoll. 



