216 BIRDS or BRITISH GUIANA. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis, Guian. iii. p. 701y 

 this bird frequents the outskirts o£ woods on the river-sides and 

 in the plantations. 



491. Myiobius roraimse. 



RoRAiMA Flycatcher. 



MyioMus roraimce Salvin & Godman, Ibis, 1883, p. 207 (Mount 

 Eoraima, 3500 ft.) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 297 ; Sclater, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 268, pi. xviii., 1888 (Twek-quey Mt., Carimang 

 Eiver) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 298, no. 3039, 

 1912. 



Adult male. Crown of head, hind-neck, back, wings, and upper 

 tail-coverts cofEee-brown ; the base of the feathers on the crown 

 of the head bright orange-rufous ; median and greater upper 

 wing-coverts cinnamon-rufous ; primary-coverts and flight-quills 

 dark brown, outer margins of the latter similar in colour to that 

 of the back, inner margins orange-buff; tail-feathers dark brown 

 fringed on the out^r webs with cofEee-brown ; rictal bristles black 

 inclining to white at the base; lores yellowish white at the base ; 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, and sides of neck dusky olive-green ; chin 

 and throat yellowish white ; breast and sides of body olive-green ; 

 abdomen yellow, becoming paler and inclining to white on the 

 vent and under tail-coverts; thighs coffee-brown; axillaries, 

 edge of wing, and under wing-coverts sulphur-yellow; under 

 surface of quills hair-brown broadly margined with buff' on the 

 inner edges; lower aspect of tail hair-brown. "Bill dusky on 

 the upper mandible, yellowish on the lower mandible " (/^/«m ^ 

 Godman) . 



Total length 137 mm., exposed culmen 10, wing 70, tail 63, 

 tarsus 19. 



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

 Wing 65 mm. 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collection, and 

 the above descriptions have been taken from material in the 

 British Museum which includes the original specimens obtained 

 by Whitely at Mount Roraima in 1881 — Silvin-Godman collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



iVfiii. Unrecorded. 



Egcfs. Undescribed. 



Range confined to British Guiana. Mount Roraima, Twek-quay 

 Mountain, Kamarang River, Takutu River (//. Whitely). 



IJabits. Unrecorded. 



