H^MATODERUS — QDERTJLA. 



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The exact locality in British Guiana of the male described is 

 not known. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the entire- 

 hack, scapulars, and greater portion of the upper wing-coverts 

 blackish brown ; under surface paler and inclining to rose-pink. 

 Wing 216 mm. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Eange in British Guiana. Tiger Hill, Demerara River [McCon- 

 nell collection) ; Canuka Mountains [Scliombiirgk) . 



Extralimital Range. Cayenne {Latham), North Brazil. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (B-eis. Guian. iii. p. 690) 

 this bird is only a migrant in British Guiana and very local in its 

 distribution. He met with it in the Canuku Mountains, but only 

 during the months of June and July, when the fruits on which it 

 feeds were ripe. Schomburgk did not observe it breeding. The 

 "Macusis" called it Warara-tarika. 



Genus OUEKULA Vieill. 



Querula Vieillot, Analyse nbuv. Orn. p. 37, 1916. Type Q. purpurata 

 (P. L. S. Mull.). 



Fig. 121. — Querula purpurata. 



This monotypic genus is easily distinguished by its almost entire 

 black plumage. The bill is short and wide— its width at the base 



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