280 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



but the violence of its utterance makes the whole branch vibrate. 

 The male Goldbird is uniformly ashy or slate-coloured, slightly 

 darker above, very solitaire-like both in colour and size. The 

 female is distinguished by a shade of rufous on the wing-coverts 

 and the tips of the flight-feathers." 



The following note has also been copied from Beebe (Our Search 

 for a Wilderness, p. 342) : — " The Goldbirds, although the size 

 oE large Thrushes, are absolutely indistinguishable in their garb 

 of dull brown in the shadowy mid-forest, neither descending to 

 the ground nor ascending to the sun-lit tree-tops." 



531. Lathria streptophora. 



Pink-collared Piha. 



Lathria streptopTiora Salvin & G-odman,Ibis, 1884, p. 448, pl.xiv. (Roraima, 

 5000 ft.) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 303, 1886, p. 502 (description of 

 female) ; Selater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 352, 1888 (Twek-quey 

 Mt.) ; Bi-abourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 817, no. 3239, 1912. 



Adult male. General colour above and below dark slate-grey ; 

 flight-quills black, white on the margins of the inner webs towards 

 the base ; tail black, with grey edgings to the outer webs of the 

 feathers; under tail-coverts and a collar that completely encircles 

 the neck rose-red; throat and under surface slate-grey, but paler 

 than on the upper parts, })articularly on the abdomen; axillaries, 

 under wing-coverts, and inner edges of quills below pale ash- 

 grey, remainder of the quills below and lower aspect of tail 

 dark brown. 



Total length 222 mm., exposed cnlmen 21, wings 130, tail 91, 

 tarsus 21. 



The male described was collected at Mount Eoraima by 

 Mr. McGonnell during his expedition in October 1898. 



Adult female. Difl^ers from the adult male in the absence of 

 red on the hind-neck and fore-neck and in having the under tail- 

 coverts chestnut. Wing 123 mm. 

 , Breeding-season. Unknown. 



Nest. Unrecorded. 



Eggs. Un described. 



Range confined to British Guiana. Mount Roraima [McConnell 

 eollection) ; Mount Roraima and Twek-quey Mountains (WAj<<;Zz/). 



Habits. Unrecorded. 



