TITYRA. 2G7 



of the exposed eulinen. The hind toe and claw are nearly equal in 

 length to the middle toe and claw. Coloration : male and female 

 only slightly different. 



524. Tityra cayana. 

 Cayenne Tityba. 



Laniiis cayanus Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 137, 1766 (Cayenne). 



Tityra cayana Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guian. iii. p. 697, 1848 ; Salvin, 

 Ibis, 1885, p. 301 (Bartica Grove, Camacusa, Merume Mts., 

 iioraima 8500 ft.) ; Solater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. liv. p. 328, 1888 

 (Camacusa, Bartica Grove, Eoraima) ; Lloyd, Timehri (2) xi. p. 9, 

 1897 (nesting) ; Beebe, Our .Search for a Wilderness, pp. 177, 179, 

 1910 (Hoorie Eiver) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 813, 

 no. 3200, 1912. 



"Black-tailed Tityra," " Frog-birds" (Beehe). 



Adult male. Head, sides of face, chin, upper wing-coverts, 

 fligbt-quills, and tail black, inner webs of flight-quills inclining 

 to whitish ; back, scapulars,, innermost secondaries, upper tail- 

 coverts, breast, abdomen, under tail-coverts, and under wing- 

 coverts very pale ash-grey inclining to white on the throat and 

 axillaries ; outer edge of wing speckled with black and white ; 

 under surface of tail black. 



Total length 205 mm., exposed culmen 24, wing 122, tail 73, 

 tarsus 24. 



The male described was collected on the Ituribisi River in 1909. 

 • Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the back, 

 scapulars, and upper tail-coverts darker giey with black shaft- 

 streaks to the feathers, the chin as well as the throiit pui-e white ; 

 breast, abdomen, under tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts grey 

 with dark shaft-streaks to the feathers. Wing 115 mm. 



The specimen described was collected at Bartica in 1911. 



Breeding-season. December (C. A. Lloyd). 



Nest. It nests in holes of trees made by Woodpeckers 

 [Schomhurgk) . Cf. Beebe, infra, p. 268. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Gmana. Mount Roraima, Upper Takutu 

 Mountains, Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, Mazarurii River, 

 Bartica, Bonasika River, Great Falls Demerara River (MeConnell 

 collection) ; Mount Roraima, Merum6 Mountains, Kamakusa, 

 Bartica {WMtely) ; Hoorie River (Beehe). 



