Mr. O. Salvin on Birds from British Guiana . 499 
50. Ardea minuta, L.; Blanf. t. c. p. 296. 
Adult. Bushire, March 16, 1885.—Adult female. Bu¬ 
shire, April 1885. 
51. Ardea comata, Pall.; Blanf. t. c. p. 296, note to A. 
gularis. 
Two specimens. Bushire, April 1885. 
52. Nycticqrax griseus (L.); Blanf. t. c. p. 296. 
Female. Bushire, April 24, 1885. 
53. Podiceps cristatus, L.; Blanf. t. c. p. 304. 
Female. Bushire, January 1885. 
XLYIII.— A List of the Birds obtained by Mr. Henry Whitely 
in British Guiana . By Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. 
(Plate XII.) 
[Continued from p. 181, and concluded.] 
Since the last portion of this paper was published ( antea , 
p. 181), Mr. Whitely has again returned to England, after a 
stay of about twelve months on the Carimang River, during 
which time he made another extensive collection of bird-skins, 
and having brought them home with him, he has submitted 
them to us for examination. 
Mr. Whitely's collecting-ground was in the vicinity of a 
loop of the river indicated in his Map published by the 
Royal Geographical Society in 1884 (Proc. R. G. S. 1884, 
p. 488), as lying a little to the westward of 61° W. long., 
and elevated about 1500 feet above the sea. From this point 
he ascended a mountain on the southern side of the river, 
having precipitous sides like those of Roraima, but of con¬ 
siderably less elevation than the far-famed mountains. Its 
features Mr. Whitely describes as follows :— a Twek-quay, as 
the mountain is called, is similar to Roraima, and is situated 
about 50 miles distant from it, in a N.N.W. direction, 
on the southern bank of the Carimang River, below the 
junction of the Aruima. The mountain is not so high as 
