COTINGA. — XIPHOLENA. 301 



buff ; remainder of quill-lining dark brown ; lower aspect of tail 

 pale brown with a ruddy tinge. Wing 110 mm. 



The specimens described were collected on the Ituribisi River 

 in October 1908. 



The young male of this species, as in C. cotinga, in its first 

 plumage is similar to the adult female but rather darker, and the 

 first appearance of the male dress is usually noticed by the scat- 

 tered blue feathers on the head, mantle, abdomen, upper and under 

 tail-coverts, and the approach of purple on the throat. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Gruiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Gruiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, 

 Mazaruni River, Bartica, Great Falls Demerara River, Arawai 

 River {Mc Connell collection) ; Upper Mazaruni River {Brown) ; 

 Bartica {Wliitely). 



Extralimital Range. Venezuela, East Ecuador, East Peru, 

 North Brazil. 



Habits. The following note has been copied from (;. Barrington 

 Brown (Canoe and Camp Life, p. 395) : — " Numbers of purple- 

 throated Cotingas [Cotinga cayenna) were to be seen feeding on 

 the berries of shrubs about the houses, and on the seeds of the 

 silver-bally tree in the adjacent bush." 



Genus XIPHOLENA Gloger. 



Xipholena Gloger, Hand-u. Hilfsb. d. Nat. p. 320, 1842. TypeX^wrajcea 

 (Pall.), 



Fig. 118. — To show the formation of the major-coverts. 

 This genus is distinguished chiefly by the elongation and peculiar 



