476 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



the slopes, and searching almost every leaf for insects. Its 

 nidification was unknown to him. The "Arekunas" called it 

 Kawaikui. 



aenus DACNIS Ouv. 



Dacnis Cuvier, Regn. Anim. 2ncl ed. i. p. 395, 1816. Type D. cayana 

 (Linn.). 



Fig. 181. — Dacnis cayana. 



The species included in this genus are birds of small size with 

 slender and sharply-pointed bills. The wing is rounded, tlie four 

 outer primaries longest and subequal. The tail is square at the 

 tip and about two-thirds the length of the wing. The tarsus 

 exceeds the length of the exposed culmen by about one-fourth. 

 Coloration : male and female different. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Throat black in contrast to the breast, 



which is blue D. cayana, c?,p. 476. 



B. Throat grey in contrast to the green breast D. cayana, $ , p. 477. 



C. Thi'oat and breast uniform blue D. anyehca, d , ]p. 4<78. 



D. Throat ochreous like the breast D. angelica, $ , p. 478. 



E. Throat and breast .uniform grey JD.hicolor, c5' , p. 479. 



F. Throat yellow like the breast D. bicoloi; 2 > V- ^'^^• 



649. Dacnis cayana. 



Turquoise Honey-eater. 



Motaoilla cayana Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 236, 1766 (Cayenne). 



Dticnis cayana Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guian. iii. p. 675, 1848 ; Salvin, 

 Ibis, 1885, p. 207 (Eoraima, 3500 ft., Camacusa, Merume 

 Mts., Bartica Grove) ; Selater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 19, 1886 

 (Eoraima, Camacusa, Bartica Grove) ; Quelch, Timehri (2) v. 

 p. 78, 1S91 (Georgetown) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. 

 p. 895, no; 4061, 1912. 



Dacnis cyanocephala Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guian. iiL p. 675, 1848. 



Adult male. Grown of head, nape, lower back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts, sides of face, breast, and remainder of the under 

 surface dark turquoise-blue ; throat, lores, feathers surrounding 



