MYIARCHUiS. 



229 



(McConnell collection) ; Poineroon River (W. L. Sclater) ; Bartica, 

 Kamakusa ( Whitely) . 



Extralimital Range. Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina. 



Habits. According to Schombnrgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 700) 

 this bird frequents the coast, the river borders, and the plantations. 



501. Myiarolius phseonotus. 



Whitely's Flycatcher. 



MyiarcTius pJiaonotus Salvin & Godman, Ibis, 1883, p. 207 (Merume 

 Mts.) ; Salvin, op. cit. 1885, p. 298 (Ecraima, 3500 ft.) ; Sclater, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 255, 1888 (Merume Mts., Ecraima) ; 

 Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 303, no. 3090, 1912. 



Adult male. Crown of head, wings, and tail dark soot-brown, 

 with pale margins to the median and greater upper wing-coverts 

 and outer webs of the inner secondary-quills, inner webs of flight- 

 quills more broadly edged with whitish ; outer, tail-feathers 

 slightly paler on the outer edges ; hind-neck, sides of neck, entire 

 back, scapulars, and lesser upper wing-coverts dark olive-green ; 

 lores more or less grey at the base ; ear-coverts brown ; throat and 

 breast pale ash-grey ; abdomen, under tail-coverts, axillaries, and 

 under wing-coverts sulphur-yellow ; quills below brown slightly 

 paler on the inner edges ; lower aspect of tail brown, rather paler 

 on the outer web of the outermost feather. 



Total length 1 84 mm., exposed culmen 20, wing 92, tail 83, 

 tarsus 18. 



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

 Wing 88 mm. 



The male and female described were collected by Mr. McConnell 

 at Mount Roraima in October 1898. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



Nest. Unrecorded. 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



Note. Myiaechus pelzelni. 



Myiarchus pelzelni Berlepsch, Ibis, 1883, p. 139 (Bahia) ; Sclater, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 255, 1888 (Cayenne) ; Brabourne & Chubb, 

 B. S. Amer. i. p. 303, no. 3089, 1912. 



Although this species has been known to occur in Cayenne, 

 I can find no trace of its occurrence in British Guiana. 



