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sides of face, throat, and entire under surface of body, including 

 the axillaries and under wing-coverts, black like the upper surface 

 of the wings, upper tail-coverts, and tail ; mantle, back, and 

 inner portion of the lesser upper wing-coverts wedgwood-blue ; 

 a silky red V-shaped patch on the crown of the head. 



Total length 113 mm., exposed culmen 7, wing 76, tail 43^ 

 tarsus 20. 



The specimen described was collected on the Abary River in 

 September 1906. 



Adult female. Greneral colour above and below green, paler on 

 the under surface of the body ; inner webs of the flight-quills 

 brown ; pale and inclining to grey on the base of the forehead 

 and throat ; abdomen and under tail-coverts yellowish green ; 

 axillaries and under wing-coverts greyish white ; under surface 

 of flight-quills and lower aspect of tail pale brown. Wing 70 mm. 



The female from which the description is taken was collecied 

 on the Mazaruni River in July 1906. 



Immature male. Similar in colour of plumage to that of the 

 ■ adult female. The first approach of male plumage in this individual 

 is an outline of the triangular red patch on the crown of tl:e 

 head. . 



Another young male, but more advanced, has the red patch on 

 the top of the head fully developed, the forehead, sides of the 

 crown, nape, sides of face, and throat black, and the remainder of 

 the plumage green, showing here and there traces of black. 



Both these individuals were collected on the Abary River in 

 September 1906. 



Breeding-season. "April and May'' (Schomburgk). 



Nest. " The nest is built in a tall bush, being a slight structure^ 

 composed of mosses and plant-wool " (Schomburgk) . 



Eggs. " Two in number " (ScJiomburgk). 



Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Mazaruni 

 River, Abar}"^ River (McConnell collection) ; Annai {Whitely). 



Extralimital Range. Cayenne {Brit. Mus.) , Eastern Brazil. 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 695) that he met 

 with this pretty species on the Rupununi River in the vicinity of the 

 Wai-ipukari-bay in dense low bush, mostly in pairs but sometimes 

 in small flocks. In habits it much resembles our Tits ; it is a 

 lively species and haunts the low bush, through which it moves 

 with great agility in search of insects; but when the smaller 



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