KUCHLORNIS. • 297 



aspect of wing oclireous-brown ; bastard-wing, inner w^bs of 

 the greater coverts and primary-coverts blackish ; inner webs of 

 flight-quills blackish brown, broadly margined on the basal portion 

 with buffy-white ; tail dark bronze-brown ; lores, superciliary 

 streak, collar on hind-neck, and sides of breast dark orange- 

 yellow ; breast scarlet ; throat, abdomen, sides of body, and thighs 

 olive-grey : vent pale sulphur-yellow ; under tail-coverts and quill- 

 lining pale dusky brown like the under surface of the tail. 

 "Bill dark rod; eye reddish hazel; legs, toes, and claws red" 

 [H. WUtely). 



lotal length 177 tnm., exposed culmen 11, wing 95, tail 64, 

 tarsus 22. 



The male described was collected by H. Whitely on Mount 

 Twek-quey, Kamarang River, 3000 feet, January 18, 1886, and 

 is now in the British Museum — Salvin-Godman collection. 



Adult female. General colour above green ; outer aspect of 

 wing and tail inclining to golden green, inner webs oE bastard- 

 wing, primary-coverts, flight-quills, and tail-feathers dark brown ; 

 sides of the neck yellowish green, with whitish margins to the 

 feathers ; throat white, with blackish shaft-lines to the feathers ; 

 remainder of the under surface pale lemon-yellow, with broad 

 black shaft-streaks to the feathers ; greater under wing-coverts, 

 quill-lining, and lower aspect of tail greyish brown. 



Total length 180 mm., exposed culmen (from base of skull) 16, 

 wing 93, tail 61, tarsus 24. 



The female described was collected at Mount Roraima in October 

 1898 by Mr. McConnell. 



Immature m,ale. Similar to the adult female on the upper sur- 

 face, but differs in having the top of the head dusky, with buff 

 shaft-lines, which terminate in pear-shaped marks to the feathers 

 on the crown and hind-neck: the tips of the upper wing-coverts 

 golden; the feathers of the lower back and upper tail-coverts have 

 Vv-hitish tips; under surface for the most part grey, varied by dark 

 margins to some of the feathers and yellowish white on the throat, 

 brpast, abdomen, flanks, and under wing-coverts; under tail-coverts 

 yellowish ; a few red feathers approaching on the middle of the 

 breast. 



The young male described above was also collected by 

 Mr. McConnell during his expedition to Mount Roraima in 1898. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



