306 BIBDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Genus HiEMATODERUS Bonap. 



ncematoderus Bonap. Ann. Sc. Nat. (ser. 4), Zool. t. i. p. 134, 1854. 

 Type H. militaris (Lath.). 



rig. 120. — Hmmatoderus militaris. 

 This monotypic genus is conspicuous by its large size and 

 gorgeous colour. The bill is proportionately short, wide at the 

 base, and hooked at the tip. The wing is nearly twice the length 

 of the tail, and the middle toe and claw exceed the length of the 

 tarsus. Coloration : male and female different. 



546. Hsematoderus militaris. 



Ceimson Feuit-bater. 



Goracias militaris Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xxvii, 1801 (Cayenne). 

 Threnoedes militaris Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guian. iii. p. 690, 1848. 

 Smmatoderus militaris Salvin, Ibis, 188.5, p. 305 ; Solater, Cat. B. Brit. 



Mus. xiv. p. 395, 1888 ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 324, 



no. 3809, 1912. 



Adult male. General colour above and below crimson-red, with 

 white bases to the feathers; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, flight- 

 quills, and tail-feathers blackish brown ; under surface of quills 

 and lower aspect of tail greyish brown. 



Total length 350 mm,, exposed culmen 25, wing 221, tail 127, 

 tarsus 28. 



