MTIOBORUS. 415 



610. Myioborus castaneicapillus. 



Schombukgk's Redstart, 

 (Plate VI. fig. 1.) 



Setophaga castaneicapilla Cabanis in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 667, 



1848 (.British Guiana); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 429, 



1885 (Roraima). 

 Setophaqa castaneocapilla Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 203 (Roraima, 5000 to 



6000 ft.). 

 Myioborus castaneicapillus Brabourne & Cbubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 357, 



no. 3659, 1912. 



Adult male. Crown o£ head chestnut ; hind-neck, sides of neck, 

 and .sides of breast, entire back, and wings dusky-brown ; middle 

 tail-feathers blackish, the three outer feathers on each side tipped 

 with white, which increases in extent towards the outermost, 

 where it occupies the entire outer web ; base of forehead dusky- 

 brown ; sides of the face and ear-coverts rather paler brown ; 

 throat and fore-neck inclining to orange-yellow ; abdomen and 

 sides of body bright yellow ; under tail-coverts white ; axillaries 

 and under wing-coverts dusky more or less tipped with white; 

 under surface of flight-quills blackish brown ; lower aspect of tail 

 also blackish brown, the outer feathers extensively marked with 

 white. 



Total length 135 mm., exposed culraen 10, wing 62, tail 62, 

 tarsus 20. 



Adult female. Similar to the' adult male. Wing 61 mm. 



The male described was collected at Mount Koraima by 

 Mr. McConnell during his expedition in October 1898. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



Nest. Unrecorded. 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



Range confined to British Guiana. Mount Roraima {McConnell 

 collection) ; Mount Roraima and Kamarang River ( Whiteltf). 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Rei.s. Gruian. iii. p. 667) that he only 

 met with this species once which was in the dense woods of Mount 

 Roraima at an altitude of 7000 feet. Its habits appear to be the 

 same as those of No. 8 = SetopJiaga ruticilla. 



The " Arekunas " call it Fairika. 



