410 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



The female described was collected at Mashapu. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Gruiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Bartica, 

 Bonasika Eiver, Masbapu, Abary River {McConnell collection) ; 

 Yaruani River ( Whitely). 



Extralimital Range. Cayenne {Gnielin), Trinidad, Venezuela, 

 Colombia. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Genus GRANATELLUS Bonap. 



Oranatellus Bonaparte, Consp. Av. i. p. 312, 1850. Type O. venustus 

 (Bonap.). 



Fig. 157. — To illustrate the shape of the bill. 



This genus is easily distinguished by the bright red colour on the 

 under surface. The bill is somewhat arched, the width at the base 

 being about half the length of the exposed culmen. The wing is 

 rounded, the third, fourth, and fifth primaries longest, the second 

 about equal to the sixth and the first about equal to the eighth. 

 The tail is rounded at the tip and about one-sixth longer than the 

 wing. The tarsus is nearly twice the length of the exposed 

 culmen. Coloration : male and female similar. 



607. Granatellus pelzelni. 



Pelzeln's Warbler. 



Oranatellus pelzelni Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 607, pi. xxxvii. fig. 1 

 (Destaramento do Eibeirao, Eio Madeira) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1885, 

 p. 204 (Camacusa) ; Sharpe, Cat. B.- Brit. Mus. x. p. 370, 1885 

 (Camacusa, March and May) ; Braboume & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. 

 p. 356, no. 8645, 1912. 



Adult male. Buck, upper wing-coverts, outer aspect of flight- 

 quills, and upper tail-coverts slate-blue ; crown of head, sides of 



