TANAGRBLLA. — TANGAKA. SOIi 



series of under wing-coverts blaclfisli brown like the lower aspect 

 of the tail. " Bill black ; feet dark brown " (Cat. Brit. Mus.). 



Total length 130 mm., exposed culmen 10, wing G9, tail 49, 

 tarsus 16. 



The description of the male is based on a specimen collected on 

 the Bonasika River in 1912. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male but not quite so bright. 

 Wing 68 mm. 



The female described was collected at Bartica in 1912. 



Breeding-season. Uiiknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, 

 Bartica, Kamakabra River,' Bonasika River, Arawai River, Great 

 Falls Demerara River {AlcConnell collection^ ; Mount Roraima, 

 Merum^ Mountains, Kamarang River, Bartica (Whitely). 



Exlralimital Range. Surinam (Linni). 



Habits. Schomburgk writes of this species (Reis. Guian. iii. 

 p. 667) :^There is one specimen that still remains unique in my 

 collection which was also shot in the vicinity of the Roraima 

 Mountains. The " Arawaaks " call it Kobaiku. 



Genus TANGAKA Briss. 



Ian gar a Brisson, Ornithologia, iii. p. 3, 1760. Type, by tautonymy 

 T. tatao (Linn.). 



Fig. 188. — Tangara paradisea. 



The species included in this genus have a great variety of colour 

 but are almost uniform in measurements. The bill is compara- 

 tively small and pointed ; its width and depth at the base are about 

 two-thirds the length of the exposed culmen. The wing is rounded, 

 the three outer primaries 'longest and equal. The tail is square at 

 the tip and about two-thirds the length o£ the wing. The tarsus is 



