470 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



band across the £ore-neck deep black ; a grey mesial line along 

 the top of the head to the nape, extending across to the sides o£ 

 the neck ; a narrow white snpraloral line over the eye, widening 

 and extending along the sides o£ the crown to the nape ; throat, 

 middle of breast, middle of abdomen, and under tail-coverts 

 white; sides o£ breast and flanks ash-grey ; axillavies and 

 marginal under wing-coverts yellow, remainder o£ the under 

 wing-coverts green ; under surface o£ flight-quills and lower 

 aspect of tail hair-brown. 



Total length 155 mm., exposed culmen 13, wing 77, tail 65, 

 tarsus 25. 



The male described above was collected by Mr. McOonnell at 

 Mount Roraima during his expedition in October 1898. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male on the upper surface 

 but differs on the under surface, in the absence of the black band 

 across the fore-neck, in being isabelline on the throat and breast, 

 and dusky on the sides of the breast and flanks. Wing 66 mm. 



Two young birds from Bartica are dark and almost invisible 

 green on the back and wings, the head dusky with scarcely any 

 pattern apparent, and the under parts entirely' dusky showing no 

 indication whatever of th'e adult plumage. A third one, collected 

 on the Abary River in September 1907, is more advanced on the 

 upper parts, where the characters of the adult ])lumage are plainly 

 indicated, but on the under surface it is similar to the two men- 

 tioned above. 



Breeding -season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiflna. Mount Roraima, Ituribisi River, 

 Bartica, Kamakabra River, Bonasika River, Makauiia River, 

 Abary River, Anarica River, Tiger Greek {McComiell collection). 



Extralimital Range. Venezuela, Eastern Brazil. 



liaUts. Schomburgk states (Ileis. Guian. iii. p. 667) that he first 

 met with this species in the dense woods in the neighbourhood of 

 Mount Roraima at an elevation of 3000 feet, solitary or in pairs, 

 hopping about in the low bush of the dense woods in search of 

 insects. The " Arekunas " call it Kawaripoami. 



