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BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Berbice 

 River {McConnell collection) ; Canuku Mountains (Schomburgk). 



Extralimital Range. Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Central and 

 North Brazil. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Gruian. iii. p. 691) 

 this species visits the Canuku Mountains, but only as a straggler, 

 and it was not known to breed in the Colony. The "Macusis" called 

 it Yackami or Yackeng, and the " Warraus " Sachia. 



Genus PKOCNIAS 111. 

 Procnias lUiger, Prodr. p. 228, 1811. Type P. carnoharha (Less.). 



Fig. 12G. — Frocnias carnoharla. 



This genus is distinguished by the string-like wattles on the 

 throat and fore-neck, which are black in the dried skin. The 

 bill is flattenedj the width at the base is about three-fourths the 

 length of the exposed culmen, the nostrils are rounded and exposed. 

 The wing is rounded, the third primary longest, the second, fourth, 

 and fifth about equal, and the first about equal to the seventh. The 



