. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. CBPHALOPTBRUS, 311 Adult male. General colour on both the upper and under surface black, with glossy steel-blue margins to the feathers on the upper back and throat-wattle ; crest steel-blue, with white shafts to the feathers on the fore part of the head; flight-quills blackish brown; tail similar but darker. Total length 480 mm., exposed culmen 45, wing 288, tail 160, tarsus rig. 123.—Cephalopterus ornatus. Adult female. Similar to the adult male but smaller in size, the crest and throat-wattle
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. CBPHALOPTBRUS, 311 Adult male. General colour on both the upper and under surface black, with glossy steel-blue margins to the feathers on the upper back and throat-wattle ; crest steel-blue, with white shafts to the feathers on the fore part of the head; flight-quills blackish brown; tail similar but darker. Total length 480 mm., exposed culmen 45, wing 288, tail 160, tarsus rig. 123.—Cephalopterus ornatus. Adult female. Similar to the adult male but smaller in size, the crest and throat-wattle much less developed, and the under wing-coverts mottled with white and smoke-brown. Total length 405 mm., exposed culmen 45, wing 240, tail 153, tarsus 45. This species is not represented in the McConnell collection, and the above descriptions were taken from examples in the British Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chubb, Charles; McConnell, Frederick Vavasour, d. 1914. London, B. Quaritch
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