. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. DONACOBIUS.—PLATTCICHLA. 375 The following note has been copied from Beebe (Our Search for a Wilderness, p. 40):—" Later, when standing at edge of an impenetrable tangle of thorny vines and vainly trying to discover what bird was singing in loud, ringing tones within it, we thought of the fierce little owl, and concealing ourselves, gave the call of Glaucidium : the effect was instantaneous ; the song near us ceased, and with angry cries a pair of beautiful Black- capped Mocking Thrushes {Donaco
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. DONACOBIUS.—PLATTCICHLA. 375 The following note has been copied from Beebe (Our Search for a Wilderness, p. 40):—" Later, when standing at edge of an impenetrable tangle of thorny vines and vainly trying to discover what bird was singing in loud, ringing tones within it, we thought of the fierce little owl, and concealing ourselves, gave the call of Glaucidium : the effect was instantaneous ; the song near us ceased, and with angry cries a pair of beautiful Black- capped Mocking Thrushes {DonacoUus atricapillus) flew almost ; Family TURDID^. This family, which is almost world-wide in its distribution, is represented by nine genera in South America, and when Brabourne and Chubb published their ' List of the Birds of South America' there were sixty species. Four of the genera and eleven of the species are represented in British Guiana, and three others have been added to the Colony since. Genus PLATYCICHLA Baird. PlatycicUa Baird, Review Amer. B. p. 32, 1864. Type P. Pig. 145.—To illustrate the shape of the bill and nostrils. In this genus the bill is depressed laterally at the base,, the width at the gape being about three-fourths the length of the exposed cnlmen; the nostrils are oval and feathered on the posterior portion. The wing is rounded, the third, fourth, and fifth primary- quills longest and equal, the second slightly shorter than the sixth, and the first a;bout one-seventh the length of the second. The tail is nearly square at the tip and about three-fourths the length of the wing. The tarsus exceeds the length of the exposed. 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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