TANGAHA. 



505 



median upper wing-coverts purple ; lower back briglit scarlet ; 

 rump and short upper tail-coverts orange-yellow ; inner webs of 

 flight-quills dull black as are also the tail-feathers ; axillaries and 

 under wing-coverts similar to the breast but not so bright; under 

 surface of quills and lower aspect of tail blackish. " Bill black ; 

 feet dark brown" (Cat. B. Brit. Mns.). 



Total length 141 mm., exposed culmea 9, wing 81, tail 52, 

 tarsus 18. 



The male described was collected by Mr. McConnell at Mount 

 Roraima in October 1898. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male, but rather smaller. 

 Wing 76 mm. 



A young bird from the Ireng River differs from the adult in 

 having the under surface, including the chin and throat, bluish 

 green; the back, wings, and tail dusky-black, and the entire 

 absence of red on the lower back. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs, Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Mount Roraima, Ireng River {McCon- 

 nell collection') ; Mount Roraima, Merume Mountains ( WMtely). 



Extralimital Range.- Surinam (Penard), North Brazil. 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 669) that he 

 only met with this beautiful species in the neighbourhood of the 

 Roraima Mountains. It lives in flocks ; and appears to select (all 

 trees only in search of food. The " Arekunas " call it Takuwi. 



667. Tangara punctata. 

 Spotted Tanasee. 



Tanagra punctata Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 316, 1766 (Surinam); 



irabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 435, no. 4165, 1912 ; Beebe, 



Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana, p. 137, 1917 (Bartica). 

 Calliste punctata Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 209 (Bartica Grove, Merume 



Mountains, Roraima, 3500 ft.); Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. 



p. 104, 1886. 



Adult male. General colour of the upper surface grass-green, 

 including the crown of the head, hind-neck, sides of neck, back, 

 wings, and tail, the feathers which are centred with black have 

 dusky-grey bases ; the marginal upper wing-coverts and outer 



