256 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



The female described above was collected on the Abary River 

 in September 1906. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana, 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed- from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Berbice River, Abnry River {McCon- 

 nell collection); Merume Mountains and Mount Rorairaa ( Whitely). 



Extralimital Ranqe. Central and Northern Brazil. 



Habits. According to "Schomburgk ("Reis. Guian. iii. p. 697) 

 this bird lives on the borders of the coast-woods frequenting trees 

 and low bush. 



Genus CHIROXIPHIA Gab. 



Chiroxiphia Cabanis, Archiv f iir Naturg. xiii. pt. i, p. 235, 1847. Type 

 G. p areola (Linn.). 



Fig. 104. — Chiroxiphia pareola. 

 The species on which this genus was based has a short bill which 

 is hooked at the tip, and the width at the base exceeds the length of 

 the exposed culmen. The wing is rounded, the primaries are 

 obliquely cut at the tips, which are most conspicuous in the males. 

 The tail is slightly rounded and about three-fifths the length of 

 the wing. The tarsus is nearly half the length of the tail, and 

 the hind toe and claw rather shorter than the middle toe and claw. 

 Coloration : male and female different. 



518. CMroxiphia pareola. 



Blue-backed Manakin. 



Pipra pareola Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 339, 1766 ("Brasilia"). 

 Chiroxiphia pareola Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 695, 1848 ; 



Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 300 ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 307 



(British Guiana) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 309, 



no. 3160, 1912. 

 Ghiro.viphia longioauda (nee Vieill.) Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guain. iii. 



p. 695, 1848. 



Adult male. Forehead, lores, sides of crown, nape, hind-neck, 



