512 



BIEDS OF PEITISH GOIANA, 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



l^ggs. Undepciibed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, 

 Takutu, Mazaruni River, Bonasika River, Abary River, Tiger 

 Creek Essequebo River (1/c ConnelL collection) ; Bartica ( Whitely) ; 

 Georgetown, Hoorie Creek, Bartica (Beebe). 



Extralimital Range. Surinam (Fenard), Cayenne {British 

 Museum) . 



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

 species is common and generally distributed throughout the 

 colony. It is especially fond of the Cecropia trees. The 

 " Warraus " call it Mohebera. 



673. Tangara nigrocincta. 



LiLAC-TBKOATED TaNAGEE. 



Aglaia nigrocincta Bonap. P. Z. S. 1837 [1838], p. 121 (West Brazil). 



Calliste nigricincta Bonap. Consp. Av. i. p. 235, 1850. 



Calliste nigricincta Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 210 (Koraima) ; Sclater, 



Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 126, 1886 (Koraima). 

 Tangara nigricincta Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 409, no. 4206, 

 '1912. 



Adult female. Crown of head, nape, and sides o£ face blue ; 

 throat purplish blue ; back black ; upper wing-coverts very pale 

 iridescent blue becoming darker blue on the margins of the 

 greater series, flight-quills, and upper tail-coverts, the remaining 

 portion of the flight-quiJls black ; tail also black slightly fringed 

 with blue on the outer margins of the feathers ; lores and base of 

 forehead black ; abdomen dark blue ; breast, sides of body, under 

 tail-coverts, axillaries, and under wing-coverts black with pale 

 edgings to the under tail-coverts ; under surface of quills and lower 

 aspect of tail blackish brown. 



Total length 107 mm., exposed culmen 9, wing 69, tail 44, 

 tarsus 16. 



The specimen from which the description is taken was col- 

 lected on the Bonasika River by Mr. McConnell during his return 

 journey from Mount Roraima in December 1898. 



Adult male. Similar to the adult female. Wing 65 mm. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



