. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 578 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Genus MBEANOPSAR Ciass. Melanopsar Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1867, p. 56. Type M. chrysocephalus CLinn.).. Fig. 210.—Melanopsar chrysocephalus. , The chief characters that distinguish this genus are the long and slender bill and the long and graduated tail. The wing is rounded, the second, third, and fourth primaries are longest and equal, and the first about equal in length to the sixth. The tail is rounded at the tip and graduated, the outermost feather on e
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 578 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Genus MBEANOPSAR Ciass. Melanopsar Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1867, p. 56. Type M. chrysocephalus CLinn.).. Fig. 210.—Melanopsar chrysocephalus. , The chief characters that distinguish this genus are the long and slender bill and the long and graduated tail. The wing is rounded, the second, third, and fourth primaries are longest and equal, and the first about equal in length to the sixth. The tail is rounded at the tip and graduated, the outermost feather on each side being about one-fourth shorter than the middle ones. The tarsus is about equal in length to the exposed culmen. Coloration : male and female similar. 711. Melanopsar clirysoceplialjis. MORICHE OkIOLE. Oriolus chrysocephalus Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 164, 1766 (Guiana"). Icterus chrysocephalus Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. iii. p. 680, 1848 ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 369, 1886 (Eoraima, Bai-tica Groye) ; Beebe, Our Search for a Wilderness, p. 142, 1910 (Hoorie Creek); Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 439, no. 4512, 1912; Beebej Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana, p. 243, 1917 (Kalacoon).. 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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