500 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



I have compared a series of twenty examples of this species 

 from Roraima, Bartica, Trinidad, and Venezuela, but failed to see 

 the difference that Mr. Penard has pointed out. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undesoribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ireng River, Ituribisi River, Snpe- 

 naara River, Mazaruni River, Bonasika River, Mjikauria River, 

 Abary River, Anarica River, Arawai River, Arwye Creek {McCon- 

 nell collection) ; Bartica, Mount Roraima ( Whitely) ; Pomeroon 

 River, Bartica (^Beehe). 



Extralimital Range. Surinam {Linne), Cayenne {British 

 Museum), North Brazil, Venezuela, Trinidad. 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 670) that this 

 species is more common near the coast than inland. Its favourite 

 haunts are the fruit-trees in the gardens and in the fields culti- 

 vated by the Indians. It is one of the best songsters in the colony, 

 and it is often kept in cages. It is met with both solitary and in 

 small flocks. 



Mr. J. J. Quelch (Timehri (2) v. pp. 81, 82), when writing on 

 the Native Birds of Georgetown, remarks : — "In the plantations 

 on the outskirts of the town, species of the beautiful tiny Louis- 

 d'ors (Euphonia) are obtainable ; but as their occurrence in town 

 is not based on submitted skins, nor oh my. own observation, there 

 can be no guarantee given of the fact. Tiiese birds are known 

 by the name Canary and Bastard Canary, and the commonest are 

 referable to the two species of Euphonia violacea and E. plumbea." 



664. Tanagra plumbea. 



Plumbeous Euphonia. 



JSupTionia pluwlea Du Bus, Bull. Acad. Brux. xxii. pt. 1, p. 156, 1855 

 ("Nouvelle Grenade"); Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 208 (Bartica Grove, 

 Merume Mts., Eoraima, 3500 ft.) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. 

 p. 83, 1886 (KoTaima, Merume Mts., Bartica Grove) ; Quelch, 

 Timehri (2) v. pp. 81, 82, 1891 (Georgetown). 



Tanagra plumbea Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 402, no. 4136, 

 1912 ; Beebe, Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana, p. 137, 1917 

 (Bartica). 



Adult male. General colour of the upper surface glossy greyish 

 blue, including the head, back, wings, and tail ; bastard-wing, 



