PHEUGOPEDIUS. 357 



from behind the eye white ; lores and sides of the face black, 

 streaked with white on the ear-coverts and hinder face ; throat 

 white ; breast and abdomen whitish washed with umber-brown ; 

 the sides of the body darker umber-brown ; under tail-coverts 

 blackish with pale tips to the feathers ; under wing-eoverts 

 whitish, with buff on the inner edges to the feathers; under sur- 

 face of quills brown ; i lower aspect of the tail blackish with pale 

 markings. 



Total length 129 mm., exposed culmen 15, wing 61, tail 52, 

 tarsus 22. 



The specimen from which the description is taken was collected 

 on the Supenaam River. 



Juv. Upper and the under surface for the most part umber- 

 brown ; throat and sides of the face dark lead-grey. Tail about 

 half-grown. 



This specimen was collected on the Anarika River. 



Immature. Brighter umber-brown both above and below. The 

 slate-grey of the throat more restricted. Collected on the Supe- 

 naam River. 



Immature. This specimen is further advanced, and has the head 

 slaty-black, a white lirie approaching behind the eye. A few 

 whitish feathers appearing on the throat, and the tail almost 

 fully-grown. 



This specimen was collected on the Ituribisi River. 



Breeding-season. ' Unknowii. 



Nest. Onrecorded. 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



Range confined to British Guiana, Ituribisi River (type of 

 2\iiun'6me?i«w), Supenaam River, Bartica (type of T. herlepschi), 

 Kamakabra River, Bonasika River, Anarica River, Great Falls 

 Demerara River, Arawai River (McConnell collection) ; Mount 

 Rpraima, Merume Mountains, Bsntioa. [Whiteli/) ; Greorgetown 

 (^Qiieleh). 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 674) that the 

 hiibits and mode of life of this species, as well as the localities that 

 it frequents, are similar to those of Leucolepis arada, p. 365. 



Mr. Quelch (Timehri (2) v. pp. 75, 76) observed this species in 

 Georgetown, and remarks : — "The Black-faced Wren {Tliryothorus 

 coraya) is occasionally to be seen, but it is much less common than 

 the white-bellied species. The Wrens are known among the 

 common people by the name ' God-bird ' and ' Rain-bird.' " 



