TANGAKA. 511 



River (McConnell collection); Mount Roraima, Merume Moun- 

 tains, Kamnkusa, Bartrca ( Whitely). 



Extralimital Range. Surinam (Linn^, Cayenne (^British 

 Musewn) . 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 669) 

 this species is more frequently met near the coast than inland. 

 Its favourite haunts are the outskirts of woods and plantations, 

 where it is found singly and in pairs. 



672. Tangara mexicana. 



Sulphur-bellied Tanagee. 



Tanagra mexicana Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 315, 1766 (Cayenne) ; Brabotu-ne 



& Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 408, no. 4197, 1912. 

 Callospiza mexicana Cab. in Sehomb. Etiis. Guian. iii. p. 670, 1848. 

 Calliste Jlaviventris Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 210 (Bartica Grove) ; Sclater, 



Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 120 part, 1886 (British Guiana, Bartica 



Grove). 

 Calospiza mexicana mexicana Beebe, Our Search for a "Wilderness, 



p. 127 (Georgetown), p. 135 (Hoorie Creek), p. 243 (Henrietta), 



1910. 

 Tangara mexicana mexicana Beebe, Tropical Wild Life in British 

 'Guiana, p. 137, 1917 (Bartica). 



Adult male. Forehead, sides of face, throat, upper breast, lower 

 back, and upper tail-coverts dark wedgwood-blue ; hinder crown, 

 upper back, wings, and tail black ; lesser upper wing-coverts 

 turquoise-blue j outer edges of some of the primary-quills blue, 

 inner margins white, the central portion of the blue feathers 

 black, which sometimes show through and gives a scaled ap- 

 pearance ; lores and chin black ; the f ealhers on the sides of the 

 breast and flanks black faintly edged with blue ; abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts lemon-yellow; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts pale sulphur-yellow ; inner edges of fl^ight-quills below 

 white, remainder of the quills below and lower aspect of tail 

 blackish brown. 



Total length 128 mm., exposed culmen 9, wing 71, tail 49, 

 tarsus 19. 



The male described was collected on the Bonasika River i« 

 1911. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male. Wing 70 mm. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



