290 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Total length 191 mm., exposed culmen 24, wing 84, tail 84, 

 tarsus 22. 



The specimen described was collected on the Ituribisi River in 

 August 1909. 



Adult male. Similar to the adult female but slightly larger. 

 "Wing 88 mm. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Effffs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, 

 Mazaruni River, Bartica, Bonasika River, Abary River, Anarika 

 River (McConnell collection). 



Extralimital Range. Northern Brazil, East Peru. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 686) 

 this bird was met with by him in the woods near tiie coast. He 

 observed it on the ground as well as in the low bushes, and usually 

 in the vicinity o£ rivers. This note applies also to A. uropygialis, 

 supra, p. 286, 



Genus PHffiNICOCERCTJS Swains. 



Fhosnicocercus Swainson, Faun. Bor.-Amer. ii. p. 491, 1831. Type 

 P. carnifeuo (Linn.). 



Pig. 114. — To show the peculiar form of the fourth primary. 

 This genus is easily distinguished by the brilliant coloration of 



