4:32 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



The female described was collected on the Supenaam River 

 in 1910. 



There do not appear to be any young birds of this species in 

 the McConnell collection, but there is a specimen in the British 

 Museum, collected by the late Dr. A. R. Wallace on the island of 

 Mexiana, which is sexed by him as male, but the plumage is very 

 similar to tliat of the adult female. 



Breeding-season. November {Schomhurgk). 



Nest. The nest is made of mosses, lined with plant-wool, and 

 placed in thickly-foliaged bushes (Schomburgk). 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British, Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, 

 Bartica, Bonasika River, Abary River, Anarika River (^McConnell 

 collection). 



Extralimital Range. Surinam (Penard), Tobago, North-eastern 

 Brazil. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 678) this 

 species is more commonly met with on the outskirts of woods and 

 plantations near the coast than inland. It is usually met with 

 in pairs, though solitary individuals are observed amongst roaming 

 flocks. The nest is made of mosses, lined with plant-wool and 

 placed in thickly-foliaged bushes. The nest was found in 

 November. 



623. Sporopliila bouvronides. 



Lesson's Shed-eater. 



Pyrrhula louvronides Less. Traite d'Om. p. 450, 1831 (Trinidad). 

 Spermophila oceliata Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 131, 1888 



(Cariinang). 

 Sporophila louvronides Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 367, 



no. 3770, 1912 ; Beebe, Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana, p. 136, 



1917 (Bartica). 



Adult male. General colour of the upper surface deep bluish 

 black including the crown of the head, hind-neck, back, scapulars, 

 wings, upper tail-coverts^ and tail ; the flight-quills white at the 

 base on the inner webs, except on the two outermost primaries, 

 extending to the outer webs of the fourth, fifth, sixth, and 

 seventh quills which form a wing-speculum> the feathers on 

 the head, hind-neck, and back have grey bases; rump white ; 

 throat, sides of the neck, and sides of face like the back ; cheeks 



