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two-thirds the length of the exposed culmen, and tho tip of the upper 

 miindible is hooked. The wing is rounded, the third, fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth primaries are longest and equal, the second nearly equal 

 in length to the ninth, and the first about two-thirds the length 

 of the second. The tail is square at the tip and about five-sevenths 

 the length of the wing. The tarsus exceeds the length of the 

 exposed culmen by about one-third. Coloration : male and female 

 similar. 



601. Oyclarhis gujanensis. 



Tanagra gujanensis Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 893, 1789 (Guiana). 

 Oyclorhis guinensis Gadow, B. Cat. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 319, 1883 ; Salvin, 



Ibis, 1885, p. 205 (Koraima, 3500 ft.). 

 Gyclarhis gujanensis Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 352, 



no. 3604, 1912. 



Adult male. Crown of head and hind-neck slate-grey ; base of 

 forehead and a line over the eye along the sides of the head to the 

 nape chestnut; back, wings, and tail dull dark green; inner webs 

 of flight- quills blackish brown, fringed with white ; sides of face 

 pale grey ; throat lemon-yellow ; breast and sides of body ash- 

 grey ; middle of abdomen and under tail-coverts white ; axillaries 

 and under wing-coverts pale sulphur-yellow, like the inner 

 margins of the flight-quills below, remainder of quill-lining dark 

 brown ; lower aspect of tail greyish brown tinged with yellow. 



Total length 139 mm., exposed culmen 15, wing 76, tail 58, 

 tarsus 22. 



The specimen from which the description is taken was collected 

 at Mount Roraima by Mr. McConnell in October 1898. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male, both in colour of 

 plumage and measurements. Wing 74 mm. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Gruiana. 



Eggs. Dndescribed from British Gruiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Mount Roraima, Upper jTakutu 

 Mountains (McConnell collection); Mount Roraima (Whitely). 



Extralimital Range. Northern Brazil, Peru, East Ecuador. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



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