4:98 BIKDS 01' BRITISH GUIANA. 



Adult female. Greneral colour of the upper surface dark olive- 

 green with blackish centres to the feathers on the head and nape ; 

 median and greater upper wing-coverts black on the inner webs ; 

 bastard-wing blackish brown ; primarj-coverts uniform black ; 

 flight-quills black edged with olive-green on the outer webs and 

 white on the inner ones ; tail-feathers black fringed with olive- 

 green on the outer webs and a slight indication of white on the 

 inner webs at the tips of the two outer feathers ; sides of face 

 similar to the back ; forehead slightly more yellow than the back ; 

 chin slightly tinged with yellow ; throat whitish grey, similar to 

 the middle of the abdomen and under tail-coverts, the latter have 

 dark shaft-lines ; breast and sides of the body greenish yellow ; 

 under wing-coverts~; and base of quills white, remainder of the 

 flight-quills below dark brown ; lower aspect of tail blackish, with 

 an indication of white on the inner webs at the tips of the two 

 outer feathers. Wing i? mm. 



The description of the female is taken from a specimen collected 

 by Mr. McConnell on the Bonasika River in December 1898. 



The young male in its first pl.umage is similar to the adult 

 female, and there are two examples from the Bonasika River 

 which show the young merging into the adult male plumage. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiaina. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Cotinga River, Ituribisi River, 

 Bonasika River, Great Falls Demerara River [McConnell col- 

 lection) ; Bartica, Kamakusa {Wlutely). 



Extralimital Range. Surinam (Fenard'), Venezuela, Colombia, 

 Ecuador, Peru, 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



663. Tanagra violacea. 



Violaceous Euphonia. 



JFringilla violacea Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 182, 1758 (Surinam). 



JSuphona violacea Cab. in Schomb. Keis. Guian. iii. p. 670, 1848. 



Euphonia violacea Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 208 (Bartica Grove, lloraima, 

 3000-3700 ft.) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 74, 188G (.Roraiuia, 

 Bai-tica Grove) ; Beebe, Om- Search, for a Wilderness, p. 240, 1910 

 (Pctaieroon liiver). 



