528 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



"wing, primary-coverts, and flight-quills black fringed with blue 

 on the outer webs, becoming black towards the tips and paler on 

 the inner webs ; tail-feathers blue, black on the inner webs and 

 more or less white at the tips of the inner webs of the two lateral 

 ones ; lores, cheeks, throat, and fore-neck orange-yellow becoming 

 pure yellow on the breast, abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts ; 

 axillaries and under wing-coverts citron-yellow, the marginal 

 coverts blue ; under surface of flight-quills blackish brown, paler 

 on the inner edges ; lower aspect of tail pale blue, the lateral 

 feathers more or less whitish at the tips on the inner webs. 

 " Bill pale horn-colour ; feet yellowish " (Cat. Brit. Mus.). 



Total length 169 mm., exposed culinen 18, wing 88, tail 58, 

 tarsus 20. 



The female described was collected by Mr. McConnell on the 

 Bonasika River during his return journey from Mount Roraima 

 in December 1898. 



Adult male. Differs from the adult female in having the throiit, 

 fore-neck, and upper breast blue like the top of the head. Wing 

 89 mm. 



The male described is in the British Museum and was collected 

 at the Merurad Mountains by the late Henry Whitely, Salvin- 

 Godmsin collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



JV^est. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Bonasika River, Makauria River 

 {McConnell collection) ; Merume Mountains ( WVwieZ?/) ; Mazaruni 

 River {im Thurm). 



Extralimital Range. Surinam {Penard), Cayenne {Vieillot), 

 Northern Brazil. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



