308 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



exceeds the length of the exposed culmen, and the upper mandible 

 is sharply hooked. The rictal bristles are only feebly developed. 

 •The tarsus is about equal in length to the middle toe and claw, 

 (/oloration : male and female different. 



547. Querula purpurata. 



Purple Fruit-Crow. 



Muscicapa purpurata P. L. S. Mull. Nat. Syst. Suppl. p. 169, 1776 



(Cayenne). 

 Threnoedus ruhricollis Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guian. iii. p. 691, 1848. 

 Querula omenta Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 305 (Bartica Grove) ; Sclater, 



Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 396, 1888 (Bartica Grove). 

 Querula purpv/rata Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 324, no. 3310, 



1912. 



Adult male. General colour above and below black, with a large 

 crimson patch on the throat and fore-neck. 



Total length 281 mm., exposed culmen 19, wing 185, tail 129, 

 tarsus 23. 



The specimen described was collected on the Mazaruni River in 

 1905. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male, and differs only in its 

 smaller size and the absence of the crimson throat-patch, the 

 throat and fore-neck being uniform black like the rest of the 

 plumage. Wing 166 mm. 



The female described was collected on the Supenaam River in 

 1905. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Gviana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, 

 Mazaruni River, Bartica, Great Falls Demerara River {McConnell 

 collection); Bartica {Whitely); ('anuku Mountains (Hthomburgk). 



Extralimital Range. Colombia, Eueador, Peru. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii p. 691) this 

 bird, after the breeding-season was over, roamed in flocks through 

 the woods of fairly high altitudes in search of food, which consisted 

 of juicy fruits and berries. It preferred coast woods to those 

 inland ; it was also rather common in the well-wooded portions of 



