STUKNELLA. 573 



Total length 223 mm., exposed culmen 31, wing 100, tail 66, 

 tarsus 38, middle toe and claw 33. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male but smaller. Wing 

 92 mm. 



The type and female described are also in the McConnell 'col- 

 lection and were both collected on the Abary River in September 

 1906. 



Breeding-season. Unrecorded. 



Nest. " Built on the ground in the grass " {Schomhurgh"). 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



Range confined to British Guiana. Abary River, Upper Takutu 

 Mountains (^McConnell collection^; Savannas (^Schoruhurgk) ; 

 Quango ( Wldtely) ; Curawashinang {Brown). 



Habits. In reference' to this bird Schoinburgk writes (Reis. 

 Guiun. iii. p. 682) : — " Its favourite haunts are the grassy spots on 

 the savannas where it runs about in search of food. It is some- 

 times seen, but very rarely, on the topmost twig of a solitary bush 

 growing on the savannas." Schomburgk did not observe its 

 nesting habits, but the natives told him that the nest was placed 

 in the grass. Tlie " Macusis " call it Suruh and the " Arekunas " 

 Turnrihei. 



The following note is copied from Barrington Brown (Canoe 

 and Carap Life in British Guiana, p. 168) : — " A large species of 

 Starling, with a yellow brejist, black throat, and snipe-like feathers 

 on the back. It is provided with a long hind toe on each foot, 

 terminating in a long spur-like claw, and its beak is sharp and 

 curved." 



708. Sturnella magna montioola. 



Mountain Meadow Stabling. 



Sturnella ludoviciana Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 219 (Eoraima, 3500 ft.). 

 Sturnella magna Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 358, 1886 (Boraima). 

 Sturnella meridionalis (nee Sclater) Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. 



i. p. 437, no. 4498 part, 1912. 

 Sturnella magna monticola Chubb, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 



p. 444, Oct. 1921. 



Adult male. Differs from Sturnella magna meridionalis Selater 

 and S. m. paralios in being chestnut-brown on the upper surface 

 instead of blackish and the general measurements smaller. 



